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Monthly Archives: June, 2011

Teacher protest draws thousands in San José

Several thousand teachers and students marched through downtown San José in a protest against Education Minister Leonardo Garnier’s plan to adopt a trimester school year.

Honduran president makes surprise visit to Costa Rica

Porfirio Lobo and Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla discussed health and security issues in the region.

Transport Ministry adding more traffic cameras to Costa Rica’s highways

Costa Rica has 12 cameras monitoring the country's highways.

Tin Jo set to reopen Wednesday

The pan-Asian cuisine restaurant has been a downtown staple for decades.

Costa Rica placed on international human trafficking watch list

For the second time in a decade, the U.S. Department of State places Costa Rica on its human trafficking Tier 2 Watch List.

Costa Rica denounces Nicaragua again at The Hague

The Costa Rican ambassador to the Netherlands claims the Nicaraguan government is encouraging citizens to enter the disputed Isla Calero.

Gold mining company Industrias Infinito sues PAC legislator Claudio Monge

Monge faces a $600,000 lawsuit for defamation against the company. The legislator said he couldn’t afford to pay the suit, but fired back he could do some community work “by planting some yellow almond trees as a way to make up for the ones (Industrias Infinito) destroyed.”

René Castro to be subpoenaed about suspicious appointments in Foreign Ministry

The foreign minister hired 40 Foreign Ministry workers based on political party loyalty and personal favors.

It’s not easy being the Green Party

The country's environmental push grows beyond the scope of tourism and seeks political power through the emerging Green Ecological Party.

Rescuers continue search for missing miner

Rescue efforts intensify to save a lone miner trapped in northwestern Nicaraguan mine.

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