Work on the new Hipermas in Escazú has resumed. The original construction had to be partially destroyed to permit the building a retaining wall at the rear of the property. It is hoped that the building will be ready for opening in the fall of this year. Click for larger image!

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American Agrees to be sent to Costa Rica to Face Sex Charges
A retired American dentist accused of drugging girls for sex at a beach house in Costa Rica has agreed to be sent to Costa Rica for prosecution, a U.S. prosecutor said Monday. >more
 

Stanley Osborne, Adviser on the Study of the Supersonic Jet, Dies at 99
Stanley de Jongh Osborne,  was born in San José, Costa Rica, and graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts in 1922 and from Harvard in 1926, died on Friday at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He was 99. >more


Increase in Suicides Worries Authorities
The increase in suicides during Semana Santa has Costa Rican authorities worried. Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) records show that nine people decided to end their lives, five of which were under the age of 24, one as young as 15. >more


Ten Years of Internet
In April of 1994, RACSA (Radiográfica Costarricense S.A.), a state owned company, began marketing internet to the masses with a connection oos 2.4Kbps (kilobits per second) which then cost $100 for 30 hours of connection time. >more

It's Hot Baby!
Been feeling hot lately? Don't worry, it' going to get cooler, the weatherman tells us. After reaching the highest temperatures recorded for this year, the weatherman (Instituto Meteorológico Nacional - IMN) assures that the mercury will drop to seasonal normals. >more
 

Trapped tourists evacuated from Inca ruins, one dead
Hundreds of tourists stranded by a mudslide near the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu left by train on a newly-cleared rail line Sunday, as the search continued for 10 Peruvians missing and feared dead, with one Peruvian confirmed dead.  >more
 

Colombia: Film Festival in Cartagena.
The Brazilian film "Carandirú," directed by Héctor Babenco, on March 7 was awarded with the India Catalina de Oro statue in the 44th edition of the Cartagena Film Festival in Colombia, beating out the favorite, the Colombian-US production "María llena eres de gracia." >more
 

Chile: Divorce Approved.
After 10 years of debate, the Chamber of Deputies on March 11 approved, by 56 votes in favor to 44 against, the new law of civil matrimony that establishes divorce and legalizes religious unions. >more
 

Brazil: Money Laundered in Soccer
The Church of the Holy Spirit for the Unification of World Christianity — better known as the Moonies for the name of their leader, South Korean Sun Myung Moon — is making hefty investments in Brazilian soccer to distract attention from reports throughout the world that it is involved in money-laundering, tax evasion and other crimes, O Globo newspaper report in early March.  >more

 

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