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Monthly Archives: September, 2008

Arias Explains Dilemma at Free-Trade Summit

President Oscar Arias attended a forum in New York City on free trade this week with U.S. President George W. Bush, weeks after a...

No New Trial In Journalist’s Murder

The 2003 murder of Tica journalist Ivannia Mora for now will go unpunished. On Tuesday, Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala III) judges threw...

Costa Rica’s U-17s Prepping for New Zealand

While the national men’s soccer team, La Sele, plods along the road to the next World Cup in South Africa, just under two years...

FARC Commission Throws Berrocal Under Bus

An investigative commission of the Legislative Assembly absolved itself and fellow lawmakers of any links to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). But in...

Business Climate Cools, Forecast Uncertain

MANAGUA – Amid reports that Nicaragua’s business and investment climate is chilling under the watch of President Daniel Ortega, political and economic leaders are...

Nicas Flock to Fill C.R. Jobs – and Shanties

The sheet-metal shacks crowd the corner of a construction site, pop up along rivers and stack atop each other on hillsides. They exist in every...

Intercontinental Plans Fifth Hotel: Indigo

Intercontinental Hotels Group is opening its fifth hotel in Costa Rica, a 100-room, three-story boutique property in Santa Ana, west of San José. Announced last...

Punta Islita Named A Top 100 Hotel

No stranger to recognition, the renowned Hotel Punta Islita was this month honored as one of the top 100 hotels around the world by...

Monetary Reserves Fall As Trade Deficit Grows

More ominous economic news appeared on the horizon this week for Costa Rica after the Central Bank announced the nation’s trade deficit is worsening,...

Chinatown Plans Hit Wall Till City Gets Cash

Plans to turn one of San José’s busiest streets into an official Chinatown, bookended by two ornate arcs and traversed by touristic rickshaws in...

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