At cost of more than $1 Million in renovations, Plazavenida, is getting ready to open it's doors on Central Avenue - the Boulevard - with 30 stores and a food court. Click for larger image!

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Get Ready to Buckle Up
Come Monday, the proposed law making seatbelt use mandatory for the driver and passengers of a vehicle is expected to pass in the Legislative Assembly. >more
 

Replacement Aortic Value is Fit to Expand
After seven years of intense work, researchers headed by Costa Rican cardiologist Dr. David Paniagua have developed a replacement aortic valve that expands in size once it is in place.  >more
 

The Price of Fame
After becoming the most famous cow in Costa Rica. María del Milagro, a 2 year old Jersey dairy cow that was stolen by tow men who stuffed in the backseat of a taxi and later rescued by police has become costlier as well.  >more
 

TACA Announces Lower Fares
In an effort to heat travel between the Central American countries, Grupo TACA, has announced a decrease in fares of up to 40% as of this coming week. >more
 

$1 Million per Kilometer
Costa Rica will invest $1 million to pave every kilometer of the 40 that separate Quepos from Dominical Beach, to complete the Coastal Road linking Nicaragua and Panama along the Pacific seashore.  >more
 

Dominican Republic and U.S. Complete Trade Deal
Efforts to integrate the Dominican Republic into the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) have been concluded, with the country assuming the same set of obligations and commitments as Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. >more
 

Accused Godfather of Cuban Gambling Organization Arrested on Cruise Ship
Alleged Cuban crime boss Jose Miguel Battle Jr. was arrested early this morning by U.S. Coast Guard officers while vacationing on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Federal prosecutors say Battle, 51, of Key Biscayne, has succeeded his 74-year-old father as ''El Padrino'' or Godfather of the Cuban Mafia organization known as ``The Corporation.'' >more
 

Panama's civil group urges withdrawal of coalition troops from Iraq
A Panamanian civil group demanded the immediate withdrawal of the coalition troops from Iraq, saying the purpose of US intervention in the Arab country was to control the oil there.  >more
 

Venezuela supports OPEC decision to reduce oil production
Venezuela expressed its support Friday for a decision of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce oil production from April 1, Venezuelan Energy and Mines Minister Rafael Ramirez said.  >more
 

Hopefuls in Salvadoran presidential elections
Some 3.5 million Salvadorans will go to polling stations Sunday to choose their new president and vice president to rule the country for five years as of June 1.  >more

 

 

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