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Monthly Archives: March, 2008

C.R. Gets Mixed Grades On Human Rights Report

Costa Rica got a host of high marks on a human rights report card published recently by the U.S. State Department. The country graded well...

Smuggling Drugs not for the Weak of Stomach

The number of drug-trafficking “mules” arrested at the country’s airports has spiked in recent months. Several of the mules – people who smuggle drugs on...

Saprissa To Face Houston In Soccer Semis

Having beaten Atlante of Mexico in the quarterfinals last week, the leading club in Costa Rican Soccer, Deportivo Saprissa, is set to face Houston...

Tamarindo Takes On Trash

A coalition of government and environmental groups took the trash problem in Tamarindo into their own hands earlier this month. Spearheaded by the Tamarindo Preserve...

Arias a Popular Fellow in Costa Rica

President Oscar Arias is more popular now than at any other point during his term, according to the polling firm Unimer. Some 50% of...

New Enviro Prosecutor To Watch Over Osa

Officials announced the opening of a new prosecutor’s office to focus on ecological destruction in the OsaPeninsula on the southern Pacific coast. The office, based...

Folks Gasping for Air in Beachtowns’ Dust-Up

Residents of Malpaís and Santa Teresa, in the Pacific province of Puntarenas, are fed up with the dust. The two neighboring towns, which harbor voracious...

Allegro Papagayo Hotel Reopens Halfway

The Allegro Papagayo Hotel on the northwestern Pacific coast has reopened almost two months after it was closed by the Ministry of Health for...

Semana Santa Deaths Down 12% over ’07

Semana Santa (Easter Holy Week) yielded 12% fewer fatalities this year than last. According to the Judicial Investigation Police, 66 people died this year during...

C.R. Tip-Toeing On Tibet Violence

Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno stopped short of criticizing China for a violent crackdown on Tibetan protesters this month. Stagno said he was “worried” about the...

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