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Chilean Official Lauds Benefits of Free Trade

A small country like CostaRica cannot afford to be excludedfrom global commerce. It musthave a proactive trade policybased on seeking permanenttrade agreements with its...

2005 Budget Slashes Social Spending

NO new teachers will be hired, no newschools will be built, no new guards will behired to protect the country’s nationalparks, and investment in...

New Cell Phone Lines Face Delay

IT will be a while before more cellphone lines become available in CostaRica.The Comptroller General’s Office lastweek failed to approve the sale of600,000 new...

Health Minister Supports Morning-After Pill

PUBLIC Health Minister María delRocío Sáenz said this week she wouldsupport the distribution of the so-called“morning-after pill” in Costa Rica,although no proposals for its...

Costa Rican Named To U.N. Education Post

COSTA Rican educator VernorMuñoz has been named SpecialRapporteur on the Right to Education forthe U.N. Commission on Human Rights.Muñoz will assume the post nextweek....

U.S. Federal Benefits Unit Changes Public Hours

THE U.S. Embassy’s FederalBenefits Unit, which assists U.S. citizenswith Social Security, veterans’ and otherfederal benefits claims, is changing itspublic hours.The office will continue tobe...

Country Supports Vote Against Israeli Wall

COSTA Rica this week voted in favorof a U.N. resolution that appealed to Israelto abide by an international court ruling totear down part of...

Deputy Resigns, Frustrated With Legislative Assembly

SOCIAL Christian Unity Party legislatorDr. Edgar Mohs announced onTuesday he was resigning from his post,reportedly frustrated over the way theLegislative Assembly operates, the dailyAl...

ICE Board Members Who Traveled to Prague Fired

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco onTuesday announced he was firing twomembers of the Costa Rican Electricityand Telecom Institute’s (ICE) board ofdirectors who traveled to the Czech...

Monaco Aids Fight Against Child Cancer

THIS week the government of thePrincipality of Monaco hosted a series ofactivities in its capital dedicated to helpingcombat children’s cancer in Costa Rica.First Lady...

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