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Monthly Archives: April, 2013

Costa Rica improves fiscal transparency by adopting international tax information agreement

Costa Rica will be able to exchange tax information with 34 countries, beginning Aug. 1.

World Bank president: We can eliminate extreme poverty by 2030

Costa Rica already has nearly wiped out extreme poverty. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim thinks other countries can too.

The Tico Times teams up with The Washington Post

The new agreement will bring readers today’s top stories from around the world, via The Washington Post, Slate and Bloomberg.

Uruguay president caught in embarrassing open-mic incident

José Mujica calls his Argentine counterpart an “old hag.”

All dressed up and nowhere to go: Ortega says he’s being snubbed on Obama’s Costa Rica visit

The Nicaraguan president says he hasn’t been invited to a May 3-4 summit in San José.

Ex-soldier accuses Guatemala’s Pérez Molina of wartime massacres

Testifying during the trial of ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt, a former soldier accuses Guatemala’s sitting president of participating in massacres of Mayan villagers.

Forget the B-2s over Seoul, worry about Guam

Sending a nuclear bomb over Guam is not implausible, which makes the Pentagon’s decision to deploy the THAAD anti-missile system “only sensible.”

Scandals and scoundrels

Around Costa Rica: The Testament of Judas

Roger Ebert, legendary film critic, dies at 70

The beloved Chicago Sun-Times movie critic was an unmatched legend in his field.

Canadian firm threatens $1 billion lawsuit against Costa Rica

A Mining Code amendment in 2011 halted an open-pit gold mine near the Nicaraguan border.

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