Archive for June 16th, 2006

In downtown San José grown men cried like babies

Friday, June 16th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
National soccer team coach Alexandre Guimaraes and his unsuccessful team better look into getting political asylum in Germany, if the opinions of average Ticos have any weight.
As the team was falling 3-0 to Ecuador Thursday morning, grown men were crying in San José. For some here the team is an […]

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Sala IV voids monopoly of Fábrica Nacional’s guaro

Friday, June 16th, 2006

By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Another icon has fallen.  The Sala IV has ruled that guaro produced in Costa Rica by a government monopoly may face competition.
The ruling, released Thursday by the press office of the Poder Judicial, was a narrow one and related only to sugar cane liquor called guaro with an alcohol content […]

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