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Monteverde Water Concession Investigated

THE controversial construction of awater pipeline by private businesses,designed to draw 12.65 liters of water persecond from a stream in the mountain communityof Monteverde,...

President in Hospital With Chest Pains

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco, 71, wastaken to the Calderón Guardia Hospital inSan José yesterday because of chest pains,but was reported in stable condition.Dr. Manuel Eduardo...

Soccer Team Loses to Mexico

TWO indisputably beautifully placedshots within the first nine minutes of thefirst game in the final eliminatory roundof the 2006 World Cup Wednesdaydemoralized Costa Rica’s...

Ecuador Leads Banana Negotiations

QUITO (EFE) – Ecuadorian officialsannounced this week they plan to begincontacts with various countries in theEuropean Union to argue against a proposedE.U. tariff hike...

Comptroller’s Decisión Delays Highway Project

A plan to widen the 68-kilometerstretch of highway from San José westto San Ramón received a blow last weekwhen the Comptroller General’s Officereturned the...

Congressmen Mock Plans for Female Assembly Leadership

FOR the first time in history, thecountry’s 20 female legislators are tryingto unite across party lines and take overleadership in the Legislative Assembly,but their...

New Public School Year Will Begin Next Week with Same Old Problems, Concerns

SUMMER vacation, with its alarmingtendency to whip by at warp speed – a phenomenonto which any child or teacher willattest – just wasn’t long...

Environment Ministry Hopes to Improve Zoo Conditions with New Contract (Part two in a two-part series about Costa Rica’s zoos)

WHEN the nonprofit Foundation forZoos (FUNDAZOO) signed a contract tooperate the country’s two zoos in 1994,hopes were high the organization wouldbring improved conditions to...

Illegal Firearms Easily Obtained

POLICE confiscated 17,818 illegalfirearms throughout the country between2001 and 2004, an average of 12 guns perday, the daily Al Día reported.Approximately three .38-caliberrevolvers and...

Tourist Says He Woke Up in Airport Amputated

A German tourist celebrating his 50thbirthday in Costa Rica last year says hewent to a hospital complaining of pain inhis right foot and woke...

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