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Monthly Archives: November, 2008

Six Games, Six Wins, Six Different Ways

The Costa Rican men’s national soccer team racked up its sixth win last night in as many World Cup qualifying games, handling hosts El...

National Museum Launches Online Plant Index

The National Herbarium, the department of the NationalMuseum that catalogues the country’s plant life, has launched a Web site with information on 200,000 plant...

Agency Rejects Request To Hike Auto Insurance

The Superintendence of Pension Funds (SUPEN) this week rejected a request to increase car insurance. The request by the National Insurance Institute (INS) would have...

Lawmakers Tell Costa Rica Expats, ‘Show Us More Money’

Some Costa Rica expats are fuming over a proposal to raise the required minimum income foreigners must prove to obtain residency. The proposal, part...

Drink Some Wine, Save Some Turtles

The Corcovado Foundation is hosting a wine-tasting event Saturday to raise money for a turtle conservation program on the OsaPeninsula, on Costa Rica’s southern...

Gov’t: Punta Cacique ‘of Nat’l Convenience’

Punta Cacique, a nearly $1 billion resort planned for the northwestern Pacific coast, was quietly decreed “of national convenience” last month by President Oscar...

Villa Blanca Hotel Hosts INBio Research Station

The National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) has opened the country’s first research center at a hotel. Hotel Villa Blanca, part of the Green Hotels chain, is...

Nica Worker Died Of Tick-Borne Disease

A Nicaraguan construction worker who died Nov. 6 at a resort construction site on MatapaloBeach in the northwestern province of Guanacaste succumbed to a...

Levy on Airfare May Replace Hotel Tax

Lawmakers have voted to replace a 3 percent hotel tax with a flat $15 tax on airline tickets to Costa Rica. The bill, passed in...

Arias Runs U.N. Debate On Global Arms Control

President Oscar Arias presided over a debate on military spending this week in the United Nations Security Council, where Costa Rica now holds a...

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