Daily News | Nov 20, 2008 |
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Museum makeover: Once serving as the city's airport, it's time for a revamp of the home of the Costa Rican Art Museum in La Sabana Park, on the western edge of San José, says the institution's management. The museum will close next month until 2010 for a fix-up, lending works to the National Theater downtown and art spaces outside the capital city to be determined.
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| Lindy Drew | Tico Times |
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Weekly Edition Newspaper: Nov 14 - Nov 20, 2008 | San José Costa Rica |
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These Kids All Right?
Don’t let their smiles fool you. La Carpio, a shantytown in western San José where these kids live, is a troubled place, one of the city’s poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods. The Costa Rican Humanitarian Foundation, now in its 11th year, is trying to bring relief. It operates two education centers, including this one, and a health clinic.
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New Tax Hike to Hit Owners of Pricey Digs | News |
Owners of properties worth more than about $182,000 will soon pay a new graduated tax, the first major fiscal reform since President Oscar Arias took office in May 2006.
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Chocolatiers Bringing Sweet Tradition Home | Business |
SAN ISIDRO DE HEREDIA, Costa Rica – As the morning light filters through gauze curtains inside a small cottage, it reflects off three rows of small, thin squares of chocolate. It is a sheen that does not come easily.
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| Irregularities Abound on Election Day |
| GRANADA, Nicaragua - When 74-year-old Roger Ocón showed up in his wheelchair at the voting station Sunday to cast his ballot for mayor of Granada, electoral authorities told him he had already voted. |
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Play Unites Breast Cancer, Coffee-Picking Themes |
Arenal Volcano Not the Only Thing
Turning up the Heat in the ‘City of Springs’ |
All-You-Can-Catch Mahimahi on Pacific Coast
Fishing Forum |
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