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Attention Pet Owners
Having a pet in Costa Rica will mean taking care of your pet - ensuring your pet's health and behaviour - or face fines and penalties that can include going to jail for up to 10 years. >more
 

Beware of New Scam
ICE, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, is warning of a new scam that is picking up speed and is coming out of all places, in the La Reforma Penitentiary located in Alajuela. >more
 

Pacheco's Popularity Rebounds
It's been an uphill struggle, but slowly President Abel Pacheco's image has shown improvement over the past year, gaining 4.7 percentage points from last September, this according to a survey report by the daily Spanish newspaper Al Día. >more
 

Press Repression in West Condemned
Fear of terrorism, economic woes and gag laws are threatening press freedoms across the Americas, the Inter American Press Association said Monday.  >more
 

Army Kills At Least 22 Rebels in Southern Colombia
The army killed at least 22 guerrillas and captured 29 others in fighting Monday in the southwestern and southeastern regions of Colombia, military spokesmen said. >more
 

Chavez Inaugurates Venezuela’s First Major Employment Program
With a degree of control over the state oil company PDVSA not seen since its nationalization in 1975, the Bolivarian Revolution finally has funding for a historical step in its development mandate.  >more
 

Dominicans and the U.S. Complete a Trade Deal
The Bush administration completed negotiations on a free trade deal with the Dominican Republic on Monday, an accord that would remove nearly all trade barriers over the next decade and allow it to become the sixth nation to join a new Central American Free Trade Agreement. >more
 

 

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