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26,000+ Traveled from Costa Rica to Nicaragua Weekend for Christmas
A total of 26,409 people went from Costa Rica to Nicaragua, crossing the border of Peñas Blancas during the weekend, to spend Christmas and New Year in the neighboring country, reported the Directorate of Immigration.The number of travelers to...
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Former President of Costa Rica Acquitted in Corruption Case
The former Costa Rican president and secretary general of the Organization of American States, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, was acquitted Friday in an appeal against the sentence of five years imprisonment that was imposed in 2011 by a case of...
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The IDB Grants $100 million to Costa Rica for Natural Disasters
The Inter American Development Bank (IDB) approved a standby loan of $ 100 million to Costa Rica to strengthen the country's capacity to respond to natural disasters.The international agency said that due to its geographical location, Costa Rica is...
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Court Strikes Down Costa Rica In-Vitro Ban
A Costa Rica ban on in-vitro fertilization has been struck down by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, making it what some groups are calling more possible for other Latin American countries to achieve better access to abortion and...
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The 2012 Mayan Prophecy: Renewal or Apocalypse?
The 2012 Mayan Prophecy has been horribly distorted and misunderstood. The End of the Mayan Calendar on December 21, 2012 has nothing to do with the “End of the World”, but in fact December 21st, 2012 marks the beginning...
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Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister, WTO Candidate Promises Growth
The Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister, Anabel González, declared today she is honored to be a candidate to lead the World Trade Organization (WTO) and pledged to create an agenda "to further drive growth and development in all countries...
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President Laura Chinchilla in Guatemala to Participate in the Mayan Celebrations
On Friday Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla will attend the official celebrations of the Mayan era change in Guatemala, at the invitation of that country's president, Otto Perez Molina.Chinchilla will travel tomorrow to Guatemala with her family, and Friday...
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Latin America Economic Snapshot and Projections
In the past 10 years, Latin America has shown tremendous growth supported by the strong economic and political reforms implemented during in the past 2 decades, the region, even during a global meltdown, managed to show significant growth patterns...
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Food Inflation in Latin America Reached 10 % in October Highest in 3 Years
A report from October on Food inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 10%, the highest rate in the last three years, said the regional office of the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).The agency...
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Costa Rica Is Among the 20 Largest Emerging Economies with Illicit Financial Flows
Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela are among the 20 largest developing countries and emerging economies that have illicit financial flows generated over the past decade; when the overall figure rose to nearly $ 6 billion according to a...
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