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Monthly Archives: December, 2007

Costa Rica’s Surgeons To Work Overtime

For patients waiting months, sometimes years, for an operation, a new measure is under way to speed things up next year. The Social Security...

Chinese Float Steals Show at Festival de la Luz

The Chinese float stole the show at San José’s annual Christmas parade last Saturday. The Chinese entourage took center stage at the Costa Rican Festival...

Ticos Need Bank Info For U.S. Visa Interview

Costa Ricans traveling to the United States as non-immigrants – tourists or business travelers – must now bring a copy of their bank statement...

Slow Uptake On New Cell Lines

It took a while, but the long wait is finally over: New cellular phone lines are available. The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) started...

Police Chief Resigns Amid High Caseload

Jorge Rojas said this week he would step down from his post as director of the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ), ending a 32-year career...

They seemed content to exchange their weapons for cars.

The butterfly embroidered on María Rodríguez’s cloth tortilla holder means freedom, she said. Freedom from a 16-year abusive relationship. Freedom from four years of prostitution....

Campaign Says Toy Guns Are No Child’s Play

They seemed content to exchange their weapons for cars. No, it was not some bizarre anecdote from a U.N. disarmament project. These were Costa Rican children...

Bridge Work Slows Beachgoers in N. Pacific

Vacationers traveling to north Pacific beach communities such as Papagayo or Playas del Coco might have noticed since last week that passing between the...

Smiles, Tears Dominate Angel Tree Xmas Party

Three-year-old José Alejandro Reyes went nowhere as he peddled backward on his new bike, still wrapped in bubble tape. Joir Arias, 11 months, with...

Cop Shot Dead, Partner Wounded

An assault investigation turned deadly Tuesday night in San José when assailants shot and killed Officer Pedro Alberto Fallas, Zamaro, an eightyear veteran of...

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