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U.S.-Costa Rican Shot at Miami Airport

U.S. Federal Air Marshals shot and killed Rigoberto Alpízar, 44, on Dec. 7 after he allegedly claimed to have a bomb aboard a plane...

Airport Dispute Dragged On and On

AFTER a year of promises and glimmers of hope, it appears renovation of Juan Santamaría International Airport may take off again at the start...

Government Launched Effort to Save Gas

WITH gas prices reaching record levels internationally in the middle of the year, government officials announced in June a plan to reduce the national...

New U.S. Ambassador Appointed to Costa Rica

A new U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica took office this year to replace former ambassador John J. Danilovich, who stepped down from his post...

Campesinos Kicked Out of Capital

VARIOUS campesino groups protesting in San José were told this year to get out, leaving behind only graffiti in their memory.   The Bambuzal campesinos, who...

Scientists Found Clues To Country’s Prehistory

THROUGH the application of new techniques, technology and an accidental find, scientists have forged new roads this year into the knowledge of humans in...

Infrastructure: The Road Just Got Rougher

COSTA Ricans continued this year to wonder why, if a portion of gas taxes is supposed to go to road repair, there are more...

So Much Trash – And Nowhere to Put It

THE country’s inability to appropriately manage its solid waste became more visible this year as trash piled up in communities around the country, residents...

Accidents Yielded High Body Count for Foreigners

THE year took a high toll on foreigners – two planes crashed and a fishing yacht disappeared, all bearing tourists and Ticos, and an...

Villalobos High-Interest Loan Case Developed

THE man who claimed to have caught multi-millionaire fugitive Luis Enrique Villalobos and promised to distribute $500 million of his wealth back to the...

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