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Comptroller Asked to Decide on Airport Fees

THE Minister of Public Works and Transport, Javier Chaves, announced this week he will allow the Comptroller General’s Office to decide the fate of...

Hipermás Supermarket Aims for 2005 Opening

UNLIKE the soil beneath a new Hipermás supermarket under construction in Escazú, west of San José, representatives of the Corporación de Supermercados Unidos (CSU)...

112 New Products Exported Last Year

Costa Rica exported 3,565 types of products to 138 different countries during 2003, including 112 new products exported for the first time. The country began...

Minister: CAFTA Lobbying Trip a Success

FOREIGN Trade Minister Alberto Trejos described Central America’s trade ministers’ visit to WashingtonD.C. last week to lobby for the Central America Free-Trade Agreement (CAFTA)...

Contemporary Artist Plays to the Eye

ROBERT Schaberl’s artwork is intangible. At least that’s the message the contemporary Austrian artist is trying to make with his new show “Central Forms,” exhibiting...

Quepos Tournament Reels in Four Winners

FIRST place resulted in a fourway tie at the Second Annual Costa Rica Classic International Billfish Tournament out of Quepos from March 19 to...

Beach Camping Banned

Almost three months after a protest sparked a debate about the legality of beach camping, the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) has announced police...

Country Becomes Drug Destination

LAND-based drug trafficking through Costa Rica is decreasing, according to police, but a disturbing new trend is following that decline – more and more...

Technology Stirs Controversy

ALTHOUGH genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have crossed Costa Rican borders growing on nearly 600 hectares in several areas and lining grocery store shelves around...

Limón Bets on Cruise Ships to Aid Economy

PUERTO LIMÓN – The Caribbean port city of Limón is betting on tourism from cruise ships to jumpstart its struggling economy and create much-needed...

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