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Country Watches Ex-President’s Arrest

COSTA Ricans marching against corruptionin San José last week held signsstating they awaited the return of formerPresident Miguel Ángel Rodríguez to faceallegations of government...

Nation Reacts to Corruption Scandals

THE response from the public and theCosta Rican government to the corruptionscandals the nation has seen in recentmonths – which allegedly involve morethan a...

Fuel-Conservation Plan Launched

THE Costa Rican government willimplement an “energy-saving plan” inresponse to rising fuel prices, intended tosave between $5 million and $10 milliona month, Environment and...

Controversy Erupts over Taiwan Payments

REPORTS of payments of at least$400,000 from the government of Taiwan toformer President Miguel Ángel Rodríguezhave caused a stir in the LegislativeAssembly and prompted...

Limón Launches Cruise Ship Season

THE 2004-2005 cruise-ship season,officially inaugurated by TourismMinister Rodrigo Castro last week,promises to be a big one, with 70,000more visitors anticipated than during theprevious season.The...

Metro Train Project On the Move

THE National Concessions Council(CNC) has received bids from seveninternational consortiums competing for acontract to build the Metropolitan ElectricTrain (TREM) project.The consortiums are made up...

Rice Plague May Cause Huge Losses

A rice mite that has attacked plantationssince April or even earlier maycause a decrease in Costa Rican rice productionof 40,000 tons and an estimatedloss...

Fraudulent E-mail Messages Target Citibank Customers

ANY Citibank or Citigroup customersreceiving an e-mail asking them to visit aWeb site and enter their account informationshould report it immediately to bankofficials because...

Region Gets Poor Marks in Corruption Index

GRANADA, Nicaragua –With a failinggrade of 3.6 out of 10, Latin Americaranks second to last behind Africa (3.0) onthis year’s Corruption Perception Indexprepared by...

Free Trade Not Funny

NO Clowning around: Clowns and hundreds of otherGuatemalans marched on the capital Wednesday in commemorationof the 60th anniversary of the “Democratic Revolution,” whenteachers and...

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