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Man Arrested with Cocaine Diluted in Rum Bottles at Costa Rican Airport
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Drug Control Police of Costa Rica (PCD) stopped an Italian man at the Juan Santamaria International Airport, close to San Jose, carrying cocaine diluted in two bottles of rum.The man was identified...
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Costa Rica Joins Expert Panel on Latin American Groundwater Conservation
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Experts from Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama will gather today in Managua to debate about the importance of groundwater development in Latin America.The debate takes place in...
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Costa Rica Holds First Domestic Tourism Fair
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The first National Tourism Fair of Costa Rica will be held in San Jose on November 23rd and 24th in order to encourage local and domestic tourism, official sources announced."The national tourism industry...
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Costa Rican Families in Extreme Poverty Receive New Housing
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The lives of 64 families living in extreme poverty have now been changed thanks to their new homes located in the Mackenzie housing project in the town of San Buenaventura, in Colorado Abangares,...
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Costa Rican Cocoa Ranked Best in the World at International Competition
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The latest edition of the International Cocoa Awards held in Paris, France in October found that cocoa produced in Costa Rican territory is, thanks to its quality, among the 50 best varieties in...
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Costa Rican Woman’s Life Changed After Miracle Ensures Pope’s Sainthood
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Floribeth Mora Diaz, the Costa Rican whose miracle will allow the canonization of John Paul II, said that her life totally changed in the last five months since the announcement was made official by...
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Free Trade Agreement Between Costa Rica and EU Approved
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Costa Rica and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was approved by a committee of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica.The Committee on International Relations and Foreign...
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Thousands of Costa Ricans Attend Pro-Life March
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Thousands of Catholics marched yesterday through downtown San Jose in order to "defend life and the traditional family", at a time when in Costa Rica is discussing issues such as IVF and civil...
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El Niño Not Expected to Affect Central America
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The odds that the phenomenon El Niño will affect Central America during the dry season are low, reported the Regional Water Resources Committee (CRRH)."The probability is very low that during the quarter (December...
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Six Costa Ricans Arrested in Heliport Drug Ring Case
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rican authorities today arrested six suspects of a drug gang that used boats, helicopters and heliports to traffic illegal drugs.The deputy director of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ), Gustavo Mata, said today...
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Gisele Bündchen Enjoyed Santa Teresa in Costa Rica With Her Boyfriend and Two Children
Gisele Bündchen, businesswoman and supermodel, visited Costa Rica for the second time this year. This time she did so...