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2005 Wide Open on Pacific, Some Tarpon

ACTION isimproving every dayalong the Pacificcoast, as evidencedby a report from RexGavorchin and fiveof his fishing buddies,who in threedays last week on theHat Trick...

Europe to Raise Tariffs, Banana Showdown Escalates

A transatlantic face-off between the EuropeanUnion and Latin American banana-producingcountries – the latter arguing a proposedEuropean banana tariff hike would devastatetheir economies – reached...

Villalobos Brother’s Pre-Trial Hearing Begins

A preliminary audience began this week to determinewhether Osvaldo Villalobos, one of two brotherswho allegedly operated an illegal multimillion-dollarinvestment company that shut down in...

San José Sewer Upgrade Planned

SAN José’s dilapidated and insufficient sewage system,which casts untreated waste into the area’s rivers andexcludes 55% of the region’s population, may finallyreceive a long-overdue...

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...

Political Analyst Sees ‘Peaceful Revolution’

THE turmoil that has shaken up CostaRica’s political system in recent monthsand years, producing myriad political partiesthat offer a sharp contrast to the country’straditional...

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