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Monthly Archives: May, 2011

Barrio Don Bosco, Paseo Colón among mayor’s urban renewal program

A planned four-star, 12-story hotel in San José’s Barrio Don Bosco will cost $20 million.

Aerocasillas expansion includes Costa Rica

The international courier service keeps growing in Latin America.

Deadline approaching (again) for in vitro bill

Legislators have until May 31 to pass a bill reversing a ban on in vitro fertilization or face severe repercussions for violating human rights.

Where’s the help? Costa Rica beach towns lack funding for lifeguards

Already 50 people have drowned in Costa Rica this year. But lifeguards are absent from most of the country’s beaches.

Shark-finners now in Nicaragua

Increasing restrictions forcing Costa Rica's infamous shark finning trade north.

Residents on edge after Coco crime wave

Rundown resources and a minimal police force has led to a rash of unsolved crimes in Playas del Coco.

NGOs to pick up tab for protecting prized Isla del Coco marine park

A new marine preservation area around Isla del Coco lacks state funding; the government will rely on private efforts instead to protect the park.

10 new orchid species discovered near Costa Rica-Panama border

More than 1,300 orchid species thrive in Costa Rica, and the colorful flowers remain a large part of the country’s wedding and honeymoon industry.

Costa Rica’s president wraps up U.S. visit

Laura Chinchilla toured prominent universities in the United States, met with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and promoted foreign investment in Costa Rica.

Cops raid Libertarian HQ, investigate possible ties to controversial online poker sites

The Libertarian Movement is subject to an investigation on how the party financed its 2010 campaign.

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