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NASA to Study Atmospheric Behavior in Costa Rica
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) of the United States will conduct an atmospheric
analysis in Costa Rica as part of a world study on climate change, the La
Republica daily reported on Saturday.
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Nicaraguans "Now" Need Passport to Enter Costa Rica
Following years of problems at the northern border at Peñas Blancas with
thousands of Nicaraguans entering Costa Rica, given differences in the type
of documents required - cedula, special permit and is come cases, pay-offs,
the immigration department has announced that it will require all
Nicaraguans to have only one document to enter - a passport.
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Arrests Made Medina Murder, 2 Years Later
More than two years following the
assassination of journalist Parmenio Medina, a Colombian national living in
Costa Rica since 1968, a priest and his associates were the focus of a
police investigation that resulted in an arrest a couple of days before
Christmas.
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Costa Rica Suspends Import of US Beef
Costa Rican Agriculture
Minister Rogelio Coto Thursday announced the suspension of beef imports from
the United States following the discovery of a mad cow disease case there.
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Troubled ex-Texas Clergyman Still With Group
Father Alfredo Prado has a
new life here, a reinvigorated purpose and circumstances as unusual as his
protégé, self-proclaimed visionary Juan Pablo Delgado.
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Christmas Earthquake
A little after 1 a.m. Christmas Day, the northern
part of Panama and the southern one of Costa Rica
were rocked and shaken by a 6.4 earthquake, which
killed at least one person and injured hundreds
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Costa Rica Will be in CAFTA
Even though the Costa Rican negotiations with the
United States were not completed in the most recent
round leading to the U.S.-Central America Free Trade
Agreement (CAFTA), local officials asserted that
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Journalist Murdered
Ivannia Mora, 33, was shot to
death while driving her car in Curridabat, San Jose, at 8:31 p.m. on
December 23.
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Government's Deficit at 2.8 percent
The deficit of the Government of Costa Rica was 2.8
percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2003,
according to Finance Minister Alberto Dent.
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President's Popularity Stops Falling
Even though President Abel Pacheco's popularity
remains very low, it stopped falling as had been the
trend in previous months, according to the most
recent survey by Unimer for the daily La Nacion. >more
Colombians Prefer Costa Rica
Costa
Rica became the Latin American country with the largest number of Colombian
refugees properly registered: 8,200.
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Fasten Your Seat Belt
The Legislative Assembly passed a regulation that
makes mandatory that drivers and front seat
passengers wear seat belts in Costa Rica.
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Police Confiscated Drug and Cash
The police arrested six men and confiscated $85,000
cash and 102 kilos (some 224 pounds) of cocaine in
an operation carried out in the southern zone of
Costa Rica, close to the Panamanian border.
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