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Monthly Archives: August, 2008

Physicians, Teachers, Media Are Most Trusted in C.R.

A new national study names doctors, educators and journalists as the professions most trusted by Costa Ricans. At the other end, moneylenders, union leaders and...

Special Olympians Honing Their Skills

Some 1,000 Costa Rican athletes are set to prove today that disability is no obstacle as they compete for a spot in the first...

Scotiabank to Offer Property Fraud Alert

The infamous vulnerability of Costa Rica’s National Registry has led the Canadian-based Scotiabank to partner with Private Property Registry, a Costa Rican firm that...

President Asks ICE to Cancel 3G Contract

President Oscar Arias has asked the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) not to award the contract to install a new generation of cell phone...

Int’l Roaming Available For Ericsson Users

For 900,000 cell-phone subscribers, there’s good news: your phone just got a passport. The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) has announced that international roaming...

Trade Deficit Doubles; Sluggish Exports Blamed

Costa Rican exports slowed through July, lifting the trade deficit to $3.3 billion – nearly twice the trade deficit during the same period last...

Costa Rican Coffee May Be Outta This World

Astronauts and space tourists may soon enjoy Costa Rican-style coffee while in orbit thanks to a recent invention that works without gravity and uses...

Tourism Growth Slows but Still Above World Average

Tourism grew 13 percent in the first six months of the year over the same period last year, according to statistics release by National...

2nd Coastal Zoning Decree Late & Under Fire

Emergency building regulations the government recently enacted to get a handle on out-of-control coastal development do not go far enough and put the environment...

Spinner Dolphins Dance in the Sunset

Far out at sea, off southwestern Costa Rica’s OsaPeninsula, the sunlight falls in shifting, laser-like rays through crystalline blue waters. Through this vast, borderless,...

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