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Monthly Archives: September, 2012

Truckers strike causes countrywide gas shortages

Service station owners say they could run out of fuel by Wednesday.

Facundo Cabral murder suspect unfit for trial following heart attacks

Defendant Alejandro Jiménez was sent to a hospital following apparent heart attacks this weekend.

Homicides decline in Costa Rica in first half of 2012

The homicide rate fell from 242 in the first half of 2011 to 169 during the same period in 2012.

San José trolley would cost at least $220 million

A feasibility study donated by the French government says the project could be completed in four years.

Time to pay up: Drivers caught speeding by traffic cameras will have to pay fines this month

A court will decide whether drivers can pay reduced fines.

Fuel truck drivers on strike

Drivers are angry over the suspension of 100 older model vehicles by the Environment Ministry, citing safety concerns.

Security guard who killed U.S. teen gets 15-year prison sentence

The San Carlos hotel that the security guard, Jorge Guevara, worked for also must pay the victim's family $650,000. Guevara shot and killed Johnston in June 2011, mistaking him for a thief.

Costa Rican woman dies in two-seater plane crash in U.S.

The single-engine plane went down Saturday morning in Michigan, and the 56-year-old Tica died at the scene of the crash. The pilot remains in critical condition.

Will Costa Rican fisheries institute shakeup continue?

President Laura Chinchilla’s administration this week fired Costa Rican Fisheries Institute Vice President Álvaro Moreno. Is the agency’s president, Luis Dobles, next?

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