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Daily Archives: April 19, 2012
Ms.Chinchilla announces a stopgap budget measure
President Laura Chinchilla Miranda went on television Wednesday night to announce new measures by the central government to reduce expenses and increase income. The president said that an electronic system for reporting sales tax would be implemented to reduce evasion. … Continue reading
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Constitutional court rejects one corporate tax appeal
The Sala IV constitutional court has rejected one challenge to the new tax on corporations. The Poder Judicial said late Wednesday that rejected was an appeal filed by a man identified as Oscar Ocampo Soto. He said that the law … Continue reading
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Offshore jobs not minuscule as researcher reported
I will never be able to understand why people are unable to perform even simple mathematics. I refer to your article on page four of A.M. Costa Rica of April 18, 2012, “Economic study says offshoring does little damage to … Continue reading
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Wrong-headed approach to sex trade obscures the real problems
The collaboration between Costa Rica’s immigration police and the non-profit organization Fundación Rehab in recent raids of San Jose nightclubs with reputations for prostitution, chiefly Hotel Del Rey and Key Largo, was a misguided response to a serious problem. No, … Continue reading
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Teachers are planning another protest today all over country
Teachers are protesting again today all over the country. The Asociación de Profesores de Segunda Enseñanza said that protesters would gather in many communities as well as San José Among other issues, the teachers union demands that Leonardo Garnier, the … Continue reading
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Urban culture on display for 10 days at Parque la Libertad
An urban arts fair will take place during a 10-day festival in Desamparados, beginning today. The IV Festival Abierto de Danza y Arte Urbano will end on April 29 with a battle of the bands finale in Parque la Libertad. … Continue reading
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Famed artist will debut not one but two exhibitions Saturday
Famed Costa Rican artist Otto Apuy is opening a pair of exhibitions in Liberia. One is at the Daniel Oduber airport and one is at the Hidden Garden Art Gallery five kilometers west of the airport. Both openings are Saturday. … Continue reading
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Economic changes in Cuba designed to save socialism
Ovidio Ulloa swings open his iron gate and lets in a group of women who had seen the handwritten Se Vende, or “For Sale” sign in the window of his home. He gives them a tour of the dining room, … Continue reading
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U.S. gives support to Haiti for vaccinating children
An ambitious campaign is under way in Haiti to provide the same protection against deadly childhood diseases that children in developed countries enjoy. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, along with the director of the Centers … Continue reading
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Highway safety council plans major motorcycle campaign
In the first four months of the year 30 motorcyclists have died on the nation’s roads. That number is 27 percent of the total who died. And April is not yet over. So the Consejo de Seguridad Vial is embarking … Continue reading
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