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Monthly Archives: June, 2014

After a year, still no word on new US ambassador to Costa Rica

President Luis Guillermo Solís told The Tico Times that he did not bring up the subject of the absent ambassador post during his brief stay in Washington, D.C. last week, when he also met with members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Why I decided to attend the World Cup despite the controversy

In 2006, I stood at a fan fest in the middle of Rome and watched as Italy won the World Cup in a penalty shootout against France. The tension in the air and the silence that came over the crowd of Italians and tourist supporters during the shootout was unnerving, and the exhilaration that radiated through the multitude when Fabio Grosso made that final shot was the most epic celebration of which I’ve ever been a part.

South Korean company confirms opening of yarn spinning plant in Costa Rica

The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE) on Tuesday announced South Korean company SAE-A Spinning will open a cotton yarn manufacturing plant in the province of Cartago with an investment of $50 million.

Costa Rica constitutional court rules in favor of state-run company’s right to block Facebook users

A ruling issued last month by Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, or Sala IV, could set a precedent by allowing companies to block from their Facebook profiles users who post comments that affect the companies' commercial interests.

VIDEO: Costa Ricans react to World Cup goals versus Uruguay

After superstar Joel Campbell's goal to tie the score between Costa Rica and Uruguay, Costa Rica's Oscar Duarte pushed the Ticos into the lead with a header into the net. Here is the reaction of La Sele fans at Bar Henry's in the Los Yoses neighborhood in San José.

Costa Rica great Paulo Wanchope insists Ticos will ‘keep surprising the world’

Assistant coach Paulo Wanchope on Monday said Costa Rica have more surprises in store for heavyweights Italy and England after their shock defeat of Uruguay.

Police rescue injured dolphin from beach in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula

Though record-breaking cocaine seizures have been keeping law enforcement busy lately, a police unit in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, on the southern Pacific coast,...

U.S. President Obama will propose expanding Pacific Ocean marine sanctuary

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce his intent to make a broad swath of the central Pacific Ocean off limits to fishing, energy exploration and other activities, according to senior White House officials. The proposal, slated to go into effect later this year after a comment period, could create the world's largest marine sanctuary and double the area of ocean globally that is fully protected.

Private sector workers ask for 4.12 percent salary hike

Unions leaders on Monday presented Labor Ministry officials with a request for salary hikes for the private sector, to be applied in the second half of the year.

A smashing Team USA goal, and 9 more photos from Day 5 of the World Cup

Here are the best shots from all of Monday's games.

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