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Another Noriega Back in Government

PANAMA CITY (EFE) – Panama’sgovernment this week defended its decisionto name the daughter of formerstrongman Manuel Noriega (1968-1989)as an attaché at the PanamanianConsulate in...

The Role of Carbon Dioxide

CARBON dioxide is a so-called “greenhouse”gas, meaning that it – along with othergases such as water vapor, methane, nitrousoxide and ozone – works like...

Flying Fish Takes Bite Out of Surfer

WHEN surfer Frank Rose was sittingon his board out on the water on thenorthern Pacific coast last month, somethingstruck him hard and fast, and...

Property Registry Modernization Gets Boost

AFTER nearly three years of anticipation– and criticism by some for inaction– officials this week announced concretesteps in the $92 million effort toupdate the...

New OAS Ambassador Took Office This Week

JAVIER Sancho became the newCosta Rican ambassador to theWashington, D.C.-based Organization ofAmerican States (OAS) this week.During the ceremony in which Sanchopresented his credentials to...

Court Again Rejects Domestic Violence Bill

FOR the fourth time, theConstitutional Chamber of the SupremeCourt (Sala IV) has declared parts of aproposed bill penalizing domestic violenceagainst women as unconstitutional.The controversial...

Country Annuls Harken Oil Contract

THE Costa Rican governmentannounced Wednesday it had annulled aconcession contract that allowed HarkenCosta Rica Holdings, a subsidiary ofNorth American firm Harken Energy, toexplore and...

Artists’ Colony Founder Mourned

THE death of Bill White Feb. 25 dealta blow to the art community he soenthusiastically supported and to whichhe dedicated the last years of...

Holstein Cows Benefit From Unique Recycling

SOME ecologically minded dairyfarmers in Sarapiquí, in the northeasternlowlands of Costa Rica, have come upwith an advanced recycling system inwhich Holstein cows more suited...

Hearing Held for Alleged Kidnappers of U.S. Pastor

ON Tuesday, the Penal Court ofHeredia, north of San José, held a preliminaryhearing for two people accused ofkidnapping U.S. pastor Richard Hinkle inBelén de...

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