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1 in 5 People Lives in Poverty

IN one year, Costa Rica’s poverty rate jumpedfrom the lowest it has been in more than a decade,to the highest it has been in...

Ex-President Refuses to Return

EX-PRESIDENT José María Figueres (1994-1998)announced Wednesday he would not return to Costa Ricafrom Switzerland to explain his alleged connection to oneof the corruption scandals...

U.S. Firm Heads Search For Missing Tourists

GRANADA, Nicaragua – A privatecrisis-management firm of former U.S.Military Special-Operations commandoshas been called into Ometepe Island tohelp lead a group of 150 rescue workersand...

Ave Maria College Gains Accreditation

GRANADA, Nicaragua – Ave MariaCollege of the Americas, the only U.S.four-year college in Central America,announced it has been awarded fullaccreditation status by the Board...

Rural Tourism Fair Begins Today

TODAY through Sunday at INBio-Parque in Santo Domingo de Heredia,northwest of San José, community andcooperative tourist services will be on displayat the Third Rural...

Holiday Safety in Mind

ADDED SECURITY for shoppers: One hundred members of theSan José Municipal Police will help 1,600 officers of the nationalpolice force beef up security on...

Education Ministry Provides $580,000 for Quake Repairs

PUBLIC Education Minister ManuelAntonio Bolaños last Saturday visitedQuepos and Parrita, on the central Pacificcoast, to give authorities there a first paymentto initiate the reconstruction...

Chief Prosecutor Named ‘Newsmaker of the Year’

THE daily newspapers La Nación andAl Día have both named Chief ProsecutorFrancisco Dall’Anese “Newsmaker of theYear.”Both publications cited Dall’Anese’shand in investigating the cases of...

Ombudsman’s Office Opens Its Accounts to the Public

OMBUDSMAN José Manuel Echandilast week announced the creation of anonline Transparency Network that willallow the public to access informationabout the accounts and expenditures ofpublic...

Government May Take Control of Airport in 2005

THE Costa Rican government willassume control of Juan SantamaríaInternational Airport starting Jan. 15,2005, if an agreement is not reached bythen between government officials andairport...

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