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New Water Policies Attract Int’l Attention

“Water doesn’t just fall from the sky,” Environment Minister Carlos Manuel Rodríguez has said on multiple occasions. While the statement may not seem accurate...

Private Drivers Protest Legislative Proposal

Hundreds of unlicensed taxi drivers, commonly known as porteadores, blocked Avenida 2 in downtown San José Tuesday to protest a bill being discussed nearby...

Contract Appeals Delay Road Improvements

President Abel Pacheco’s dream of leaving office having reversed the deplorable condition of Costa Rican roads was put on hold this week. Twenty-two contracts to...

Giant Pothole Swallows Taxi

The nightmare of every driver on Costa Rican roads became Alvaro Montiel’s reality Monday, when the taxi he was driving plunged into a pothole...

Proposed Law Would Limit Sex Offenders’ Work Options

Following revelations that the Public Education Ministry had, apparently unwittingly, rehired educators convicted of the sexual abuse of minors, the teachers were stripped of...

250 Convicted Sex Criminals on the Loose

While officials recaptured two convicted sex criminals this week and arrested a schoolteacher suspected of sexually abusing at least 10 of his students, the...

Tico Singer Wins Top Prize in Chile

Costa Rican singer-songwriter Humberto Vargas this week was awarded the top prize at the 47th edition of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival...

Iran Defeats La Sele In Soccer Match

A late rally by the Costa Rican national soccer team was just enough for them to lose 3-2 against Iran in the non-consequential, World-Cup-warm-up...

World Cup Organizer Visits, Wishes Ticos Luck

Franz Beckenbauer, president of the Organizing Committee of the World Cup 2006, visited Costa Rica last week and wished the country the best of...

Ex-Presidents May be Charged for Abstention

Two former Presidents under investigation for corruption may be held responsible and forced pay for the 34.76% abstention rate Feb. 5 – the highest...

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