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Education Suffered Various Setbacks

DESPITE an eager announcement byPresident Abel Pacheco and PublicEducation Minister Manuel AntonioBolaños to “relaunch” education byputting computer labs in rural high schools– thus bridging...

Shannon Martin English School Materialized

THIS year saw a U.S. mother’s dreamsand hard work materialize as the Englishcenter dedicated to the memory of her slaindaughter opened and trained its...

Children’s Rights Advocate Fired

CULMINATING months of high-profilestruggles against the sex trade in CostaRica and a brilliant 15-year career fightingfor the rights of children throughout CentralAmerica, the director...

Confused Robber Hopped in Police Car

MANUEL Montero made the cops’job easy on April 14. Leaving a Nestléplant in the northwestern province ofGuanacaste where he allegedly stole acomputer and other...

Country Debated New, Old Agricultural Methods

WITH environmentalists calling for a moratorium on the growth of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Costa Rica and raising concerns about the use of...

Diseases Linked to Cows, Birds, Dogs

MAD-cow disease, avian flu and pet poop blindness caused a stir in the press this year, while the mosquito-borne dengue ravaged the Caribbean with...

Arias Announced Presidential Candidacy

AFTER a four-year struggle to eliminate Costa Rica s ban on re-election, former President and Nobel Peace Laureate Oscar Arias (1986-1990) this year announced...

Panicking Bank Clients Withdrew $9 Million

RUMORS that the government would close BAC San José, a private bank with 32 branches in Costa Rica, prompted thousands of bank clients to...

Seatbelt Law Took Effect

IN the hopes of reducing the number of deaths and injuries in traffic accidents, legislators this year passed a law making seatbelt use mandatory...

Campesinos Invaded Metropolitan Cathedral

MORE than 100 campesinos involved in a land dispute with the banana exporter Standard Fruit Company, a subsidiary of Dole, returned in July to...

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