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Daily Archives: July 13, 2011
Gaming business reported to be softer in June
Here’s an economic indicator of a different kind. Thunderbird Resorts Inc., operator of the Fiesta Casino here, said that its June income dropped 16 percent in Costa Rica when compared to 2010. Still the company took in $1.5 million during … Continue reading
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Gallery marks this month with collection of artists
The Hidden Garden Art Gallery features a collective exhibit celebrating the annexation of Guanacaste this month. The Anexión del Partido de Nicoya is legal holiday celebrated July 25, so this is what is called the patriotic month. The holiday commemorates … Continue reading
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Drug firm will accept cut-rate HIV royalties
One of the world’s biggest producers of AIDS drugs says it will make some of them available for cheaper generic manufacturing, potentially boosting their use in poor countries, particularly in Africa. U.S. drug makerr Gilead Sciences said Tuesday it has … Continue reading
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Copper miners in Chile end their 24-hour strike
Unionized workers at Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, have returned to work following a 24-hour strike over the future of the state-owned company. The more than 40,000 employees returned to their mines across the country Tuesday. They walked … Continue reading
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Two suspects arrested in folk singer’s murder
Guatemala has arrested two men in connection with the fatal shooting of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral Saturday in Guatemala City. News reports Tuesday quote a spokesman for the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, Diego Alvarez, as saying one … Continue reading
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Petition to president seeks to end shark-finning loophole
A letter signed by 4,039 Costa Rican citizens was delivered Tuesday to President Laura Chinchilla urging her to sign an executive decree banning shark fin imports. The letter was also signed by 324 citizens of 39 countries, from Taiwan to … Continue reading
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Heavy rains generate an alert, and more is on the way
The weather situation is for more of the same today. The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional said that partly cloudy skies this morning would be followed by downpours and thundershowers in the Central Valley, the north, central and south Pacific and in … Continue reading
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Agents here decline British help in Michael Dixon case
The Judicial Investigating Organization still has not made a formal request for help of British detectives in the Michael Dixon case. That was the news that Jeremy Browne gave the Dixon family in a recent letter. Browne is his country’s … Continue reading
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Northern zone is shaken by series of four quakes
Three earthquakes that registered better than 5.0 magnitude rattled the northern zone Tuesday afternoon. All took place within 40 minutes. Then a 4.1 magnitude aftershock hit less than an hour later. The national emergency commission said that there were no … Continue reading
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Complex web links Chávez, Iran, Hezbollah, drugs
The international drug trade in which Costa Rica plays a key transit role is part of a complex relationship between hostile nations and Muslim extremists with the goal of destroying the United States. That is the scenario outlined before a … Continue reading
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