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Monthly Archives: November, 2007

El Refugio Owner Denies Abusing Animals

Lilian Schnog, the owner of the biggest animal shelter in Costa Rica, doesn’t like animal shelters. “I hate to see animals in a cage. But...

Ministry Reaches Out to Abused Women

The women arrive one by one.Most have at least one, perhaps several children with them. While all are friendly and greet others with a smile,...

Sex Offender On the Run Back in Custody

A man identified as Douglas Henry Happer who was sentenced to 63 years in jail for various counts of rape and sexual abuse Monday...

Earthquake Rattles Central Pacific

An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook the central Pacific town of Quepos Sunday night. The quake occurred at 8:39 p.m. and was...

Experts Warn Climate Change Already Affecting Costa Rica

Meteorologists and representatives of the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) warned this week that climate change is already happening in Costa Rica, citing extreme weather...

Legislators Approve First CAFTA Law

One down, 11 to go. Legislators passed the first of 12 laws required to implement the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States...

ICE Unions’ Big Strike Attempt Strikes Out

A strike that was supposed to be 5,000 strong fizzled Monday into a mixed protest of several hundred people outside the Legislative Assembly. Though the...

10,000 Police Officers to Work Holidays

More than 10,000 police officers will work on Christmas and New Year’s to keep crime down, Public Security Minister Fernando Berrocal told the press...

Agriculture Ministry Seizes Questionable Chinese Garlic

Mountains of garlic making their way into Costa Rica from China via Panama were seized by agriculture authorities Nov. 11 because of concerns they’re...

Costa Rica to Require Yellow Fever Vaccine

As of this week, Costa Rica now requires that tourists from 18 countries in South America and Africa have an international certificate proving they...

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