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Monthly Archives: January, 2007

Rescued Migrants Describe Saga at Sea

It was last October when the U.S. Coast Guard found Rubén Anca stranded in a wooden boat crammed with 127 other Chinese and Peruvian...

Private Security Force Patrols Playa Flamingo

Fed up with rising crime and limited National Police presence, residents of Flamingo, a town on the Pacific coast in the northwest province of...

Agreement Aims to Boost Limón Tourism Infrastructure

An agreement between the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and the Atlantic Port Authority (JAPDEVA) promises $5.7 million to improve tourism infrastructure in the...

Assembly Prohibits Marriage Under 15

After six years in the Legislative Assembly, a bill that would prohibit Costa Ricans under 15 years old from marrying was finally approved in...

Illegal Fishing Near Cocos Fueled by Subsidized Gas

Costa Rican fishers, propelled by taxfree gasoline thanks to government subsidies, are pillaging Isla del Coco, one of Costa Rica’s natural treasures, denounced a...

Moín Water Service Restored, No Contamination Found

The National Water and Sewer Institute (AyA) this week announced that the spring located less than 75 meters from the site of an explosive...

Executive Branch Presents Immigration Reforms

Public Security Minister Fernando Berrocal announced Wednesday that reforms to the country’s Immigration Law are ready for submission to the Legislative Assembly. President Oscar Arias,...

Country Hosts Conference On Biological Weapons

Leaders from 40 countries in Latin America, Europe and the Caribbean came together in San José last week to discuss disarmament and rally support...

Minister Urges Ratification Of No-Smoking Agreement

A Costa Rica with fewer smokers is what Health Minister María Luisa Avila said she hopes she’ll see if the Legislative Assembly this year...

Gov’t Presents National Development Plan

With more than an hour of enthusiastic explanation and some labyrinthine graphs – “Don’t be scared,” he told the audience – Second Vice-President and...

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