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Chinchilla: Survey Results "are unfair"
"Unfair to women". said President Laura Chinchilla on the latest data released by CID Gallup poll, indicating that 72% of women and 71% of men consider that the odds are low that a woman will be president again of...
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6,000 earthquakes shook Costa Rica in 2012
Earthquakes in Costa Rica are common because the regions unquie structure. four plates converge in the region, the Cocos plate, the Nazca plate, the Caribbean plate and the Panama microplate. Further the thinnest mantle on the globe is found...
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Letter from Hugo Chavez Read at CELAC Summit
Vice President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro (Archive Photo)Latin America News - The vice president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, read a letter from President Hugo Chavez addressed to other leaders in the region during the First Summit of the Community...
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Chinchilla CELAC calls "fighting illegal flows North-South"
Costa Rica News - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, on the final day of the Summit of CELAC, asked Latin American countries unite to regulate commerce in firearms and to "fight illegal flows north to south. ""I...
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Indigenous Groups and Government Create Dialogue for Issues in Costa Rica
Guaymie Indians on the Osa Peninsula (ariverofhope.org)Costa Rica News - The government and indigenous groups of Costa Rica established a dialogue to address various issues related to land tenure and development plans for communities, said an official source.The initiation...
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Costa Rica Makes Top Ten for Trade and Tourism for Latin America and Caribbean
Costa Rica is in the top 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries for Tourism and Trade according to the Bloom Consulting Country Brand Ranking © 2012. (See all country rankings below)(Editor’s Note: TCRN would like to extend a special...
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The EU Contributes $20 million to Central America to Fight Crime
The European Union (EU) will contribute over 20 million dollars to the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America in the short term, according to Vice President of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez.After the meeting between representatives...
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Pacific Alliance will Close its Tariff Agreement Before March 31
Latin America News - The four countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico) today agreed a deal before March 31 so that at least 90% of the products are free of duty.This was announced in Santiago...
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Spain and Costa Rica Expanding Trade Relations
The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and the president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, held a meeting this past week in Santiago de Chile in which they expressed their desire to expand the business relationship between the two countries.Both...
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11% Growth in Housing Construction Projected
Costa Rica News - The 11% growth in the housing construction sector projected for this year will depend on improvements in infrastructure and housing paperwork. The Costa Rican Chamber of Construction (CCC) predicted the increase projected will depend largely...
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