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Monthly Archives: November, 2008

C.R. Cheers Obama Victory

Tico leaders from across the political spectrum cheered Democratic candidate Barack Obama’s victory this week as he became the first black president-elect of the...

Costa Rica telecom gives prepaid cell phones a trial run

Costa Rica´s state telecommunications company has launched a pilot plan for the long-awaited prepaid cell phone program that will ultimately be extended to non-residents,...

Liberals approach U.S. ambassador as Nicaragua spirals into chaos

MANAGUA – Alleging massive irregularities in Sunday´s elections, Managua mayoral candidate Eduardo Montealegre and some of his closest supporters met with U.S. Ambassador Robert...

Costa Rica passes final bill needed for CAFTA

Costa Rica has cleared the last hurdle to joining the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA). Lawmakers this week passed the last...

Costa Rica remembers Armistice Day

War veteran and Costa Rica are not often mentioned in the same conversation. However, a wreath-laying ceremony in San José´s Parque de Francia yesterday morning...

Inter-American Highway South closed

Costa Rica´s Inter-American Highway South will be closed today and tomorrow for road work at La Cangreja, Kilometer 34, south of Cartago, the National...

Lawmaker renounces immunity to stand drunken-driving homicide trial

Costa Rican lawmaker Ovidio Agüero gave up congressional immunity yesterday to stand trial for running over and killing a cyclist on Nov. 2 while...

Violence rocks Nicaragua after hotly contested election

Following a day of political violence that swept across the capital and other parts of the country after both of the main candidates for...

E-mail may compromise witness ID in Costa Rica murder case

A widely circulated e-mail may have compromised a critical part of the prosecution´s case against two suspects in the murder of a White House...

Russia names new envoy to Costa Rica

MOSCOW – Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has tapped Vladimir Kurayev as its new ambassador to Costa Rica, according to Russian press reports. If accepted by...

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