by Rod Hughes, from a Tico Times report
This country was selected to serve on the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the foreign ministry announced last week. The ministry announcement said selection for the post “ratifies the historical tradion of the country as a teritory of refuge and asylum and its […]
by Rod Hughes from an ACAN-EFE wire report
Despite readily available public health care under the Social Security (Caja) system, Costa Ricans spent a total of $158 million on private health services in the first four months of 2006, according to a study by the Costa Rican Nutrition and Health Research Institute. Some three-quarters of Costa […]
by Rod Hughes
Ferderico (Lico) Ramírez is Costa Rica’s King of the Mountain. Or, at least, undisputed King of Mountain Bikers.
Yesterday, he capped the five phases of the National Mountain Biking Cup competition to earn a total of 200 points, clear winner over fellow BCR-Pizza Hut teammate Iván Amador who had a respectable 186. Ramirez topped […]
by Rod Hughes
Costa Rica’s All-Star soccer team is the favorite to win the Gold Cup tourney, a step ahead of Mexico in an informal poll of fans conducted by the federation of soccer of North and Central America and the Caribbean, reported the daily La Nación today.
This comes as an important morale-booster for the […]
Housing Minister Fernando Zumbado plans to spend the night with a family in a
San José shantytown in an effort to urge legislators to prioritize proposed laws to fight poverty, according to a statement from the Housing Ministry.
On Tuesday night, the minister plans to arrive to a shantytown in Pavas, west of San José, eat dinner […]
By Mike Faulk
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Ancient skeletons, pre-Columbian artifacts and 100-year-old murals weren’t the only things on hand Friday for inauguration of the National Museum’s new administrative headquarters in the western San José suburb of Pavas.
President Oscar Arias made an appearance and cut the ribbon that officially inaugurated the facility. Culture Minister María Elena Carballo, Banco Nacional […]
