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Porn Banned in Congress, Presidential Offices

First legislators, then Casa Presidencial got a G rating this year when workers were told they can’t access pornographic Web sites. Penalties include dismissal...

Astronaut Chang Opened Plasma Lab

In the presence of his mother, President Oscar Arias, and enough rocket scientists to make quorum at a Mensa meeting, Costa Rican-U.S. astronaut Franklin...

FIVE DECADES OF NEWS

Improvements Galore: The Tico Times turned 50 this year – and celebrated the milestone with a complete print redesign launched in January –just in...

Ticos Called for Peace in Middle East

Local uproar over Israel’s bombing of Lebanon July 12 through Aug. 14, combined with Costa Rica’s decision to move its embassy from Jerusalem to...

Traffic Deaths Prompt Safety Plan

While Costa Rica’s highway fatalities this year were expected to surpass last year’s 616, President Oscar Arias and several public ministers presented a Roadway...

Immigration Underwent ‘360-Degree Turn’

It was a roller-coaster year at Immigration. Reforms to crack down on illegal immigration – which, after years of debate, were finally approved in 2005...

People with Disabilities Battled for Equal Access

Though 2006 marked 10 years since the Law for Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities was passed, activists this year continued struggling in their...

Sportsbooks Faced U.S. Crackdown

A U.S. law gave U.S. authorities more teeth against online gambling enterprises this year as they went after illegal gambling enterprises abroad, including Costa...

U.S. Trade Pact Debated, Touted, Protested

As the contentious Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) took effect in the United States, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala...

Nica-Tico Relations Improved a Bit

The rock-bottom relations between Nicaragua and Costa Rica of 2005 improved this year, highlighted by the first meeting in 10 years of the diplomatic...

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