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Panama’s President to Legislate by Decree for Next 2 Months

PANAMA CITY (EFE ) – Panamanian President Martín Torrijos will legislate by decree during the next two months, following congressional approval of a law...

CAFTA to be Implemented on ‘Rolling’ Basis

WASHINGTON, D.C. (EFE) – The United States announced last week that implementation of the free-trade agreement between the United States, Central American and the...

Violent Protests in Belize and Panama

PROTESTS related to market reforms and privatizations turned violent this year in Guatemala, Belize and Panama.   Following Guatemala’s ratification of CAFTA in March, hundreds of...

Two Quakes Shake Country

TWO quakes shook up Costa Rica in the days leading up to New Year’s, but no deaths or significant damages were reported.   A magnitude 5.1...

Tourist Bus Crashes, Leaves 26 Injured

A bus carrying 32 mostly foreign tourists through the Costa Rican mountains to a canopy tour during the country’s holiday week had an accident...

2005 Most Violent Year

RISING street crime and several tragic events elevated 2005 to the most violent  year in the past five years, with a total of 924...

Officials: CAFTA Delay May Benefit Country

NEWS of the postponed launch date for the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) between the signatory countries that have ratified...

Jailed Canadian’s Appeal Denied

AFTER serving the first year of an eight-year sentence for international drug trafficking in the Buen Pastor women’s prison on the southern fringe of...

Nat’l Training Institute Reports Banner Year

THE steadily increasing tourism industry, the growing presence of multinational corporations and the possibility that a free-trade pact with the United States will bring...

Text-Messaging Craze Sets Christmas Record

DESPITE the fact that Costa Rica has only 4.2 million inhabitants, its cell phone users sent 14 million text messages on Christmas, according to...

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