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Monthly Archives: October, 2009

Costa Rica Loses Ground In Press Freedom Ranking

Costa Rica fell eight slots, landing behind Ghana, Uruguay and Cyprus, in a press freedom evaluation conducted this year. According to Reporters Without Borders,...

Good News: Crime Declines in Heredia

Crime appears to be down this year in the province of Heredia, north of San José, according a report realeased Tuesday by the Heredia...

Crime Rates Drop, But Insecurity Reigns

The number of officers in Costa Rica’s National Police force has been increasing. The Public Security Ministry’s budget has almost doubled in two years. New...

Women’s Volleyball Team Struggles to Net Funds

The Costa Rican Women’s National Volleyball Team sailed passed Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago to qualify for the world championship in August. But, due to...

Arias Celebrates U.S. Support for Arms Treaty

President Oscar Arias is viewing the United States’ interest in an arms trade treaty as one more trophy to hang on his wall. The disarmament...

President Lays First Stone Of San José’s Chinatown

On the esplanade of San José's La Soledad Church, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, the mayor of Costa Rica’s capital city and the mayor...

Unidad Picks Fishman as Presidential Candidate

Costa Rica’s center-right Social Christian Unity Party (La Unidad) is forging ahead toward the February 2010 elections with the party’s president, Luis Fishman, as...

Solís Sound Bites: Answers to Audience Questions

As an opponent of the free trade agreement with the United States, how will you manage the opening of the market once you are...

PAC Candidate Meets Business Community

Citizen’s Action Party presidential candidate Ottón Solís, who led the opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), spoke...

Street Dog Sculptures Grace City

Six cast-iron street dog caricatures are now on permanent display in the center of San José, calling to public attention the plight of the...

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