Week of June 20 - June 24, 2005
Monday, June 20:
Couple Hides Cocaine
Under Sleeping Baby
Central American Water Tribunal Holds Regional Workshop
Private Sector Demands Higher Salaries
Tuesday, June 21:
Judge Sends Men Accused of
Murdering Journalist to Trial
Country to Lend Hand
Growing Grapes
Central American Countries To Receive $40.5 Million Loan
Wednesday, June 22:
Help for Farmers, Small
Businesses Proposed in
CAFTA Complementary Agenda
Country Prepares To Save Fuel
Cases Of Dengue Fever
Rise 72% This Year
Thursday, June 23:
Technology Lab Donated
To Juvenile Prison
Three More Months of House Arrest
Ordered for Ex-President Calderón
Panamanian Fugitive Identified On Costa Rican Television
Friday, June 24:
U.S. President Sends
CAFTA to Congress
Housing Minister Resigns
Australian Student's Body
Found Near Tamarindo
4.1 Earthquake Rattles Central Pacific Region
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Week of June 27 - July 01, 2005
Monday, June 27:
Saramago: CAFTA Is the Weapon
the U.S. Needs to Dominate Latin
America
Pacheco Takes U.S. CAFTA
Bill Delivery Calmly
Costa Rican Homosexuals to
Present Legal Union Rights Bill
Tuesday, June 28:
Landslide Ravages
Northern-Zone Shantytown
Argentinean Writers
Visit Book Fair
Police Get FBI Training
On Sexual Exploitation
Wednesday, June 29:
Driving Restrictions
Still Weeks Away
Costa Rica Will Not Sign
Regional Military Accord
Traffic Police Officer
Arrested for Shooting
Thursday, June 30 :
Police, Communities Learn
To Respond Better to Crime
Region's Presidents
Meet in Honduras
Red Cross Educates
On Disaster Preparedness
Friday, July 01 :
U.S. Senate Votes to
Approve Trade Pact
New U.S. Ambassador To Costa Rica Named
Regional Summit Concludes
Panama Earthquake
Felt in San José
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Week of July 04 - July 08, 2005
Monday, July 04:
U.S. Independence
Celebrated at Picnic
Reduction in Gas Prices Approved
Exotic Dancer Arrested for Robbery
Nicaraguan Quake
Felt in Costa Rica
Tuesday, July 05:
Tica Student Stays in U.S.,
Parents to be Deported
Neighbors Look for Positive Side
Of Migratory Flow
June Inflation
Registers at .46%
Wednesday, July 06:
“Little Summer” Over,
Rain Ahead
Pineapple, Tires Exports
Lead Overall Increase
New Comptroller
Sworn In
World Harmony Run
Passes Through Costa Rica
Thursday, July 07:
Alleged Loophole in New Law
Allows Continued Shark Finning
Banana Conference Today
Brings Presidents To Costa Rica
Arias Hopes to Court
Astronaut as Vice-President
Friday, July 08:
Costa Rica Grieves with
Britain over Bombing
Banana Summit Unites
Latin American Leaders
"Latina of the Year" Avoids
Deportation, Alone in U.S.
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Week of July 11 - July 15, 2005
Monday, July 11 :
Flooding in Rio Azul Claims 2 Lives
Madame Butterfly
Comes to Costa Rica
Northern Pacific To Get Zoo
Tuesday, July 12 :
Installation of Telecommunications
Towers Will Continue in Nation's
Protected Areas
Police Demolish Four Moonshine Factories
Hearings in Murder Trial of
Journalist Ivannia Mora Begin
Wednesday, July 13 :
Eighteen Dead
In Hospital Fire
Tribunal Confirms House
Arrest For Ex-President
Thursday, July 14 :
Investigations, Blame Follow
Tragic Hospital Blaze
$116.8 Million Bank Loan
Approved for Small Businesses
Marines Will Defend Panama Canal
From Simulated Terrorist Attack
Friday, July 15 :
President Declares Hospital Fire
National Emergency
Expo Osa Promotes
Southern Zone Tourism
Government Gives Public Sector
4% Salary Increase
Boys Ages 10 and 12 Steal Car Outside Capital
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Week of July 18 - July 22, 2005
Monday, July 18:
Hydroplane Accident
Claims Six Lives
Yellow Alert Declared for Hurricane Emily
Central Americans Could Share
Common Passport by the End of 2005
Tuesday, July 19:
Astronaut Helps Local Leaders
with Trade and Science
New Fire Codes Unrealistic,
Construction Chamber Says
Police Raid Prompts ArrestsOf 53 Undocumented Foreigners
Wednesday, July 20:
Government Looks for Private
Support to Stop Dengue
Police Investigate Arson as Possible Cause of Hospital Fire
Pacheco and Castro: Not the Best of Friends
Thursday, July 21:
Students Force Arias
Off University Campus
Special Diplomatic Police
Unit Begins Operations
Friday, July 22 :
President Visits Damaged Hospital,
Optimistic About Reconstruction
“High-Tech” Youth Will Meet in Costa Rica
Southern Zone Farms Lack Coffee Collectors
Government Offices Closed Monday
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Week of July 25 - July 29, 2005
Monday, July 25:
Search For Plane Crash Victims Extended Over Weeken
Poll: Costa Rica Speaks Up on Presidential Reelections and CAFT
Italian Tourist Is Naked on Beach
Tuesday, July 26:
Authorities Find Missing Bodies
Of Child Plane Crash Victims
Welcoming Guanacaste to the
Club Once More, 181 Years Later
Poindexters Play at War
In Alajuela
Wednesday, July 27:
Trade Minister Says CAFTA
Will be Modified, Not Renegotiated
Libertarians Accuse PANI
Of Squandering Cash
New Regional Bank Alliance
To Combat Terrorism
Thursday, July 28:
Authorities Take Action to Prevent
Escazú Mudslide Catastrophe
U.S. House Begins
Discussion of CAFTA
Food Industry Gathers
For ALIMENTEXPO 2005
Friday, July 29:
Pilgrims Converge
On Cartago Basilica
Central American Officials Agree To Fight Pollution
President Pacheco Participates In Caribbean Summit
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Week of August 01 - August 05, 2005
Monday, August 01:
Search for Missing Sportfishing Boat Continues
Legislators Prevent Arrival of Spanish V.P.
Large Gas Increase Requested
Tuesday, August 02:
U.S. Air Support to Assist Search
For Lost Fishing Boat
Trade Organization Supports
Latin American Banana Producers
Brazil to Share Ethanol Experiences
With Central America
Wednesday, August 03:
Archbishop Condemns Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests
Two Men Killed
During Pilgrimage
Legislators Could Choose
Ombudsman Tomorrow
Thursday, August 04:
Hospital Damage Estimates
Reach $20 Million
President Pacheco Plans Trip to Asia
Vice-Minister of Trade Fired
Because of Lack of Confidence
Friday, August 05:
Puerto Viejo Reggae Bar
Burns to the Ground
San José Mayor Testifies
About Corruption Allegations
Fines on Restricted Driving Start Today
Legislative Assembly
Elects Ombudswoman
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Week of August 08 - August 12, 2005
Monday, August 08:
Festival Takes to the Air
To Showcase Paragliding
In Costa Rica
National Museum Archeologists
Discover Pre-Colombian Ruins
San José Transit Police
Fine 508 Drivers Friday
Tuesday, August 09:
Legislative Assembly Considers
Laws to Protect Senior Citizens
Youth From Around the World
Kick Off “Power Users” Symposium
NASA Plane Takes Off from Costa
Rica to Monitor Shuttle's Entry
Wednesday, August 10:
Train to Return
To San José
Thousands March
In Favor of CAFTA
Still No Sign Of
Missing Fishing Boat
Thursday, August 11:
Assembly Approves Caribbean
Free-Trade Agreement
President Pacheco Seeks Asian Investors
Costa Rica Repatriated 11 Nicaraguan Prisoners This Year
Friday, August 12:
Decree Prohibits Capture of
Whales and Dolphins
Authorities Approve
Steep Taxi-Rate Hike
Starbucks Recognizes Costa Rican Organic Coffee Producers
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Week of August 15 - August 19, 2005
Monday, August 15 :
Pacheco Advances Free Trade
and Economic Aid With Taiwan
Bicyclist Dies in Youth Tour
Development Project Proposals
Sought to Keep EU Donation
Tibetan Monk Rejected
by Immigration
Tuesday, August 16 :
CAFTA Discussion
Postponed in Nicaragua
Tokyo Summit Held T
To Strengthen Cooperation
Costa Rican Fans Pessimistic
About Game with Mexico
Physics Essay Contest
Challenges Students
Wednesday, August 17:
Minister Anticipates Trade
Agreement Will Take Effect Jan. 1
Pacheco Wraps Up Visit to
Taiwan Touting Achievements
Authorities Investigate Police
Officer Who Allegedly Made
Arrested Females Dance
Thursday, August 18:
Constitutional Court Examines New Driving Fines
Cancer Vaccine Experiment
to Move Into Observation
Phase in December
CAFTA Will Propel Regional Exchange, Analyst Says
Friday, August 19:
International Conference
on Democracy Education
Inaugurated
Japan Gives Central
American Countries Carbon
Credits for Emission Reductions
Costa Rican Press Grieves Soccer Loss against Mexico
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Week of August 22 - August 26, 2005
Monday, August 22 :
Dengue Claims Life of First
Victim Since 1999
U.S. Institute Donates
Medical Equipment to
Calderón Guardia Hospital
Costa Ricans Reluctant to Vote in 2006 Election
Tuesday, August 23 :
Green Sea Turtles Massacred
On Caribbean Coast
Cigarette Trash Weighs In
At 3,029 Kilos Per Day
More Tico Products to
Target U.S. Markets
Wednesday, August 24:
Legislators Request Declarations
Regarding Airport
Costa Ricans Affirm Gloomy
Outlook on Government
Universities Hold
CAFTA Debates
Thursday, August 25:
New Water Law
Awaits Approval
Garbage Collectors' 100-Hour
Hunger Strike Ends Successfully
Government Plans New Campaign Against Dengue
Friday, August 26:
Alleged U.S. Drug Dealer
Arrested In Playas Del Coco
Ex-President Monge Calls
Arias Presidency “Illegal”
Dominican Republic To Analyze
CAFTA In Extraordinary
Legislative Session Today
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Week of August 29 - September 02 , 2005
Monday, August 29:
Peace Organization Lobbies for Arms Trade Treaty
Domincan Republic Senate Approves CAFTA
Microphone in Candidates Office Not Espionage
Tuesday, August 30:
Country's Natural Healers
Unite for Education, Support
Turrialba Voters Reject
Hydroelectric Dams
Legislators Seek Greater Equality
for Descendents of Africa
Wednesday, August 31:
Researchers Study Possible
Dengue Prevention Method
Pacheco: Still No Solution to
San Juan River Conflict
Costa Ricans Grapple
With Hurricane Katrina
Thursday, September 01:
Large Companies to
Continue Paying 30% Taxes
U.S. General Pays
Visit to Costa Rica
Conjoined Twins Born
at Costa Rica Hospital
President DeliversHarry Potter to Schools
Friday, September 02:
Finance Minister Presents
Budget Amidst Political Turmoil
Rita Marley to Perform
Concert in San José
Study: Consumer
Confidence Down
Former President's Appeal Rejected
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Week of September 05 - September 09, 2005
Monday, September 05:
Liberation Party Assembly
Picks Candidates
Police Release Statistics For First Half of Year
Tico Fishing Captain Released From Ecuadorian Custody
Tuesday, September 06:
Organizations Offer Information For Families of Hurricane Victims
Volunteers Gear Up for International
Coastal Cleanup Day
Pacheco Travels to Nicaragua to Attend Emergency Summit
Wednesday, September 07:
Oil “Emergency” Spurs
New Efforts to Reduce Use
U.S. Issues Travel Warning
for Nicaragua 's Caribbean Coast
Rita Marley Trip
to Costa Rica Postponed
Information for Families of Hurricane Victims
Thursday, September 08:
Southern Zone
Boycotts Plastic
Four Companies Apply
for Hospital Contracts
Drug Trafficker, Jewel Thief
Found in Costa Rica
Information for Families
of Hurricane Victims
Friday, September 09:
¡Viva La Sele!
Costa Rica Prepares for Digital
Signatures and Documents Law
Baxter Opens International Finance Office in Costa Rica
Information for Families
of Hurricane Victims
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Week of September 12 - September 16, 2005
Monday, September 12:
Korean President Visits
Costa Rica
U.S. Embassy Holds September 11
Commemoration Ceremony
Authorities Forced to Kill Dog That
Protected Owner's Corpse
Information for Families
of Hurricane Victims
Tuesday, September 13:
Leaders Pledge to Push
Trade with Korea
Foreign Trade Minister Declares
E.U. Banana Tariff “Unacceptable”
National Youth Soccer Team Prepares for World Cup
Wednesday, September 14:
San José Restaurant Offers
Breakthrough for the Blind
Pharmaceutical Federation Campaigns Against Generic Drugs
Pacheco in Guatemala
For Second SICA Summit
Thursday, September 15:
Food For the Hungry Costa Rica
Seeks Donations for Hurricane Victims
Press Denounces Alleged Corruption
At National Insurance Institute
Prominent Political Group
Criticizes CAFTA
Happy Costa Rican
Independence Day!
Friday, September 16:
Costa Rica Celebrates Its 184th
Anniversary of Independence
Crime Against Journalist Taken to Court
Central America Combats Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors
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Week of September 19 - September 23, 2005
Monday, September 19:
Donate to Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Latin American Immigrants to U.S. Protest Immigration Laws
Council of Notables Delivers CAFTA Recommendation
Public Internet Pilot Project Uplinks Hospitals and Tourist Zones
Tuesday, September 20:
New Poll Shows Mixed
Support for CAFTA
Environmentalists Demand Information on Transgenic Crops
Pacheco Signs Free-Trade Agreement
with Caribbean Community
Wednesday, September 21:
Hundreds March to Protest CAFTA
Courts Rules Against Bus Company for Charging Dog
Thursday, September 22:
Exports Have Grown Nine Percent This Year
Five More Months House Arrest For Ex-President Calderón
Education Will Combat Slums, Housing Minister Says
Friday, September 23:
Musicians Unite For Children's Benefit Concert
Stricter Security for U.S. Passports
Honorary Consul Dies at 69
3,000 Kids to March Against
Sexual Exploitation of Children
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Week of September 26 - September 30, 2005
Monday, September 26:
Three Killed in Heavy Rains
SETENA Suspends Approval of Projects in National Park
Legislator Rejects Insinuations of War Over River
Tuesday, September 27:
President Tours Flood Zones, International Aid on the Way
Costa Ricans Admit They Discriminate
ICE Unions March On Legislative Assembly
Wednesday, September 28:
Pacheco: Country Already Preparing for CAFTA
Hawksbill Turtle Nests
Hatch on Pacific Coast
Search for Nun Taken By River Continues
Thursday, September 29:
River Dispute Heads for
Court at The Hague
Environment Ministry
Evicts Caribbean Hotel
Costa Rican Surfers to
Appear in World Championship
Friday, September 30:
Finance Minister Steps Down,
Denies Political Pressure
Costa Rica Summons
Artillery for World Cup Bid
Court: Firm Must Reinstate
Fired Employee with Cancer
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Week of October 03 - October 07, 2005
Monday, October 03:
Nicaragua Denies Possibility
Of Diplomatic Cutoff
Costa Rica Electoral Campaign Officially
Kicks Off With Call For Honesty, Participation
Fire on Figueres Family Farm
Claims Four Lives
Tuesday, October 04:
Vice-Minister of Trade Outlines
Complementary Agenda
Quintuplets Born Early,
But Healthy in Capital
Police On Hunt for
20 Most Wanted Sex Abusers
Wednesday, October 05:
Hotel Owner Denounces
Forced Removal
Costa Rican Remains
Under Arrest in Nicaragua
Woman Dies After
Landslide Buries Her Home
Thursday, October 06:
Presidential Candidate Airs
Views on Abortion
Dove Brings “Campaign For
Real Beauty” to Costa Rica
September Inflation
Registers at 0.17%
Friday, October 07:
Costa Rica Prepared to Make
Its Case In Banana Dispute
JW Marriott to Build
Hotel in Guanacaste
Business Leaders From Throughout Americas to Meet in Costa Rica
Train Begins
Weekday Runs
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Week of October 10 - October 14, 2005
Monday, October 10:
Costa Rican Soccer Team
Qualifies for World Cup
Costa Rica Will Vote for Nicaragua
in UN Security Council Election
Fifty Companies Concentrate 60% of
Costa Rican Exports
Train Begins
Weekday Runs
Tuesday, October 11:
Costa Rican Red Cross Joins
Hurricane Stan Relief Efforts
Fair Promotes Central
American Tourism
Trial For Journalist's
Murder to Start in May
Wednesday, October 12:
President Pacheco to
Attend Summit in Spain
Second Dengue Death Reported This Year
Central American Security Ministers
Meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense
Thursday, October 13:
Authorities Investigate Arson
Suspects in Hospital Fire
Mexican Globetrotter Cycles Through Continent
Man Arrested for Raping
Three-Month-Old Baby
Friday, October 14:
Costa Rica, Plagued by
Social Inequalities?
Ex-President Rodríguez
Released From House Arrest
Flooding Continues In Pacific
Rate Hike Approved For Bus Fares
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Week of October 17 - October 21, 2005
Monday, October 17:
Rural Women to Seek Government Assistance and Denounce CAFTA
Central America : Spain “Will Be an Open Door,” to the European Union
Tuesday, October 18:
“Shrek” and “Shark Tale” Director
Speaks on Graphic Design
Organizations Call for Legalization
of Emergency Contraception
Bilingual Job Fair Seeks 7,000 Employees
Wednesday, October 19:
Hurricane Wilma Expected to
Strengthen, Rain on Costa Rica
Parmenio Medina
Murder Trial Begins
Police Arrest Mexican with
Kilo of Cocaine On His Genitals
Thursday, October 20:
Hurricane Wilma Leaps to
Category 5, Drenches Coast
Ex-President Calderón
Released from House Arrest
Tico Police Officer Held in
Nicaragua Will Face Trial
Friday, October 21:
Business Leaders: CAFTA Is
Like “Trading Gold for Buttons”
Calderón Promises
Return To Politics
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Week of October 24 - October 28, 2005
Monday, October 24:
Poverty on Rise while Household Income Falls
Anti-CAFTA Protests to Begin Tomorrow
Eleven Undocumented Ecuadorians Detained
Tuesday, October 25:
Rains Make Already
Bad Roads Worse
Alliance Brings Improved Electricity
to International Businesses
Gas Prices to Increase by ¢20
Wednesday, October 26:
Traffic Reduced by
Government Measures
President Admits to
Receiving Death Threats
Prosecutor Appeals
Ex-President's Freedom
Thursday, October 27:
President to Visit Argentina
Next Week for Summit
Nicaragua Calls New
Immigration Bill “Drastic”
Finnish Government to Investigate Caja Scandal
Aging in Costa Rica :
A Troubling Process
Friday, October 28:
WTO Rules for Second Time
In Favor of Latin America
Water Institute
Protest Continues
Yellow Alert
Declared in Nicaragua
San José Named
Culture Capital
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Week of October 31 - November 04, 2005
Monday, October 31:
Suspect Arrested for
Alleged Hospital Arson
Hurricane Beta Losing Strength On its
Way Out of Nicaragua
New PARLACEN President Advocates Entry of Costa Rica and Belize to Central American Parliament
Tuesday, November 01:
Guanacaste Canton
Declares Itself GMO-Free
Public Sector Announces National
Anti-CAFTA Protest
Coffee Fungus Threatens
Nation's Crop
Wednesday, November 02:
Authorities Ask For Calm
Regarding Avian Flu Threat
Costa Ricans Oppose
Ex-Presidents' Treatment
Members of European Parliament Make Official Visit to Costa Rica
Thursday, November 03:
Fourth International Scientific
Conference Concludes Today
Costa Rica Rates Well in
U.N. Development Index
‘Buyers' Mission ' Continues
Today in San José
Friday, November 04:
Pacheco and Fox
Meet Prior to Summit
Three U.S. Men Extradited
Authorities Approve Reduction in Gas Prices
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Week of November 07 - November 11, 2005
Monday, November 07:
Annual Survey Finds
Slight Drop in Poverty
Most Young Costa Rican Women Think
A Woman Can Choose Not to Have Children
Record Amount of Cocaine
Seized in 2005
Tuesday, November 08:
Police Catch Primary
Distributor of Burned Discs
Rise in Malaria Cases
Concerns Health Authorities
New U.S. Ambassador Presents
Credentials in Costa Rica
Wednesday, November 09:
Tourism Reduces
Poverty In Guanacaste
Pirate Taxis Show
Support for Libertarians
Ticosonde Weather Balloons
Explore Atmospheric Mysteries
Thursday, November 10:
Fraud Network Amount
Surpasses $5 Million
U.S. Oil Company Files Suit
Against Costa Rican Government
France Beats Costa Rica
in Soccer Friendly
Friday, November 11:
Guard Dogs Kill
Suspicious Intruder
AyA Strike
Declared Illegal
U.S. Fugitive Arrested
In Joint Operation
Police Confiscate
98 Kilos of Cocaine
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Week of November 14 - November 18, 2005
