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Monthly Archives: February, 2006

Olympic Spotlight Falls on Tico Skier

As nearly superhuman athletes in skin-tight, hit-tech outfits that cost more than brand-new vehicles slide across ice and snow in this year’s Winter Olympic...

Tica to Head Regional Development Program

With an astounding professional background that has led her skipping from one government position to another, Costa Rican economist Rebeca Grynspan recently landed at...

Thousands of Scholarships Remain Unused

More than 95,000 of the nation’s poorest children and teenagers have millions of colones in monthly scholarships waiting for them at the Finance Ministry,...

New Campaign Targets Domestic Violence

“We Are All One,” “Those Who Remain Quiet are Accomplices” and “Change Begins with Peace.” These messages will soon be broadcast over national television...

CAFTA Launch Approaches In El Salvador, Nicaragua

The controversial Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) is tentatively scheduled to take effect March 1 between the United States, El...

Cargo-Transport Fee Sparks Feud with Panama

The conflict over a new electronic vehicle-circulation permit fee that resulted in a Panamanian truckers’ protest at the Costa Rica-Panama border heated up this...

New Hydroelectric Dam Approved

Montes de Oro, Puntarenas, will be home to a new hydroelectric dam now that a contract between an Italian company and the National Power...

January Exports Increase By 7.8%

With butterfly pupae sold to Hungary, cigars to Cyprus and fruits to Kuwait, Costa Rica exported 7.8% more last month than in January 2005....

Cell Phones Hot Target for Thieves

While more than 100,000 cell phones were reported stolen between January and November 2005, police in Costa Rica have yet to take the crime...

Officials Reschedule Santamaría Holiday

Because the April 11 holiday to celebrate national hero Juan Santamaría, famed for his heroic actions in 1856 during the Battle of Rivas, falls...

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