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Monthly Archives: September, 2006

Opposition Legislators Reject Reforms for Speedy Votes

Members of the Legislative Assembly’s three largest opposition parties joined forces to reject a change in the assembly’s regulations that would allow for voting...

Country to Lead Global Forest Protection Efforts

Following President Oscar Arias recent visit to the United Nations, Costa Rica could play a leading role in protecting rain forests around the world,...

Country Garners Support For Security Council Bid

Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno, in New York last week for the 61st U.N. General Assembly, announced the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Costa Rica...

U.N. Commission Concerned About Refugees’ Rights

Recent plans by Colombian and Costa Rican authorities to check the criminal records of approximately 10,000 Colombians refugees living in Costa Rica violate international...

Arias’ Security Detail Draws Criticism

For the second time in two weeks, observers criticized police reaction to protests against the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA)...

Chief Prosecutor Warns Of Rise in Organized Crime

Costa Rica’s Chief Prosecutor warned of an increase in organized crime, hit men and contracted murders over the past year in the first public...

Personnel Changes at SETENA Raise Questions

The recent replacement of two top officials in the Environment and Energy Ministry’s Technical Secretariat (SETENA), said to be part of a general reform...

Ticos Remember Father of Modern Democracy

Three-time head of state José “Pepe” Figueres Ferrer, who died in 1990, would have turned 100 on Monday – and the country took the...

INBioparque, Tosty Launch Environmental Campaign

Did you know the sloth sleeps an average of 105 days a year? Well, if you didn t before, now you do, and thanks...

Jacó Businesses Combat Sex Tourism

Eight businesses in the central Pacific beach town of Jacó have joined efforts to fight sex tourism, according to the daily La Nación. Inside these...

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