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Economists Warn Central Bank about Economic Slowdown and Unemployment
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A group of economists calls on the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), to pay more attention to the economic slowdown and unemployment.According to the argument of the group of economists, the change...
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Facebook Introduces Hashtags on Their Content
.The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The big social media company recently enabled the use of hashtags on posts and comments.A hashtag is a word or a phrase preceded by a hash symbol (#) used in social networks like...
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Costa Rica Trade Deficit Highest in 9 Years
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The trade deficit calculated in May of this year is the highest in nine years. The data is clear from the statistics of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), indicating that in...
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RECOPE Denies Links to Chinese Businesses Ahead of Criminal Allegations
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - RECOPE officials who denied the existence of links between the company China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQCEC) that conducted the feasibility study for the refinery expansion in Moin and China National Petroleum...
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2 Pacific Coast Earthquakes Rattled Costa Rica Today
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The first earthquake was at 1:35 pm, 3.7 magnitude with epicenter 17 km northwest of Samara, Nicoya, and wasa strong earthquake felt mostly in the area of the quake.A second quake of 5.5...
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Honduras Issues Health Alert for Dengue Epidemic
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Government of Honduras issued a press release which stated health alert in 112 of the 298 municipalities in the country, by a dengue epidemic that has claimed the lives of four people,...
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Costa Rica is in Solidarity with Nicaragua after the Crash of a Military Helicopter
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) -Costa Rica's government expressed solidarity with Nicaragua after the accident last Thursday in which a military helicopter crashed with 10 passengers on board, and according to Nicaraguan authorities. Chances of survivors being found alive...
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47,000 under 18 Child Labor Workers in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - At least 47,000 children under 18 work in Costa Rica, mainly in agriculture, which affects their access to education, said the Costa Rican minister of Labour, Olman Segura."According to the National Household Survey,...
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Costa Rica Celebrates the end of a Canadian Mining
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica's government passed a resolution in the Constitutional Court, the highest legal body in this country, which closed the door permanently to a controversial mining project driven by a Canadian company.The Minister...
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Brazil: Dilma Rousseff calls Emergency Cabinet Meeting Amid Protests
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, is meeting with an emergency Cabinet to discuss the worst riots that Brazil has seen in two decades.On Thursday, more than a million people demonstrated across the...
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Beyond the Bombs: The Costa Rican Perspective on the Israel-Iran Conflict
A few days ago, we spoke with the Costa Rican Ambassador to the State of Israel, Antonio López Escarré,...