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Mother of Slain U.S. Student Seeks Funds to Pay Witnesses

NOTHING in bringing her daughter’smurderers to justice came easy, andnow Jeanette Stauffer is struggling tocome up with $30,000 in reward moneyto pay witnesses who...

Animal-Abuse Calls Received by the Dozen

THE yelps of dogs from their neighbor’shouse for several days finallyprompted two women in the west CentralValley town Santa Ana to call for help.Suspecting...

Turtle Nesting Site Considered for Refuge

A critical leatherback turtle nestingsite on the Nicoya Peninsula, on thePacific coast, is close to gaining protectedstatus as the “Playa Caletas-Ario NationalWildlife Refuge,” the...

Press Celebrated with Calls for Freedom

AS journalists celebrated the 35thanniversary of the Costa Rican Journalists’Association and 180 years of publicexpression of opinion in the country thisweek, former President and...

Suspect in Investor Scam Charged with Fraud

OSVALDO Villalobos, suspected alongwith his brother Luis Enrique Villalobos ofhaving operated a multimillion-dollarinvestment scam, has been officiallycharged with fraud and illegal financialintermediation, Judicial Branch...

Gov’t Releases Report On Embassy Slayings

THE Judicial Investigation Police(OIJ) has released a report on the investigationinto the July 27 crisis at theChilean Embassy in San José, when aCosta Rican...

Anti-Corruption Law OK’d as Scandal Widens

AS government investigators and themedia continue to reveal new informationabout the corruption scandal in the CostaRican Social Security System (Caja), theLegislative Assembly has passed...

Residents Protest Proposed Pacuare Dam

CARIBBEAN-slope residents, environmentalistsand members of area indigenouscommunities continue to protest theproposed construction of a hydroelectricdam on the Pacuare River, claiming theproject will foment death...

Pacheco Honored in U.S., Addresses United Nations

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco made hisrounds in the United States this week:receiving an award in Florida, speakingbefore the United Nations in New York andattending yesterday’s...

Dengue Cases Decrease This Year

CASES of dengue have decreased inCosta Rica, according to Health MinisterMaría Sáenz.The number of people afflicted with themosquito-borne disease, which inducesfever, pain and, in...

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