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President Solis promises progress in public works and infrastructure this year

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:32:03 +0000

Costa Rica president Luis Guillermo Solis promised to make progress in public works and infrastructure this year during an address on Thursday.

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Maduro government in Venezuela decrees ‘economic emergency,’ and expands powers

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 09:00:05 +0000

Venezuela's socialist government decreed an "economic emergency" on Friday that will expand its powers and published the first data in a year that shows the depth of a recession fueled by low oil prices and a sputtering state-led model.

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Former comedian Morales sworn in as Guatemala president

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:00:07 +0000

Jimmy Morales used his inaugural address on Thursday evening to promise more transparency in the country's political system but cautioned it would take time for change to come.

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Venezuela Supreme Court declares Congress decisions void

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:00:55 +0000

Venezuela's Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the new National Assembly's decisions are void unless three banned opposition lawmakers are removed from office, deepening a power struggle over the opposition's new legislative majority.

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Costa Rica police have been systematically seizing legally carried firearms, citizens complain to the Constitutional Court

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:14:59 +0000

Costa Rica police officers have been systematically seizing legally registered firearms from citizens with the proper permits to carry them since mid-October of last year, and the situation has worsened since mid-December, according to complaints filed by a number of gun owners to the country’s Constitutional Court.

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Costa Rica “strongly condemns” North Korea’s first test of thermonuclear weapon

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:18:13 +0000

The government of Costa Rica said it “strongly condemns” the test of North Korea’s first thermonuclear weapon, colloquially referred to as a hydrogen bomb or “H-Bomb” because it employs hydrogen fusion, which the reclusive communist state announced on Wednesday.

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Venezuela blasts Costa Rica “interference” in internal affairs; calls the country a “vassal to imperial interests”

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:05:19 +0000

Venezuela’s “Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Relations” blasted Costa Rica for allegedly interfering in its internal affairs in a diplomatic letter send to Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, a portion of which was obtained by ICR News.

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Miami officials on edge over impending arrival of thousands of Cubans from Costa Rica

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:41:19 +0000

Officials in Miami, Florida are expressing their concerns over the imminent arrival of thousands of Cuban migrants who have been stranded in Costa Rica since November of last year, fearing that the crisis in Costa Rica will soon become their city’s own.

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Raul Castro underscores sovereignty in Cuba-US normalization

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:00:35 +0000

Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday called for respect for national sovereignty as his country moves forward in the process of normalizing relations with the United States, state media reported.

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Cuba blames US for migrant crisis in Central America, calls for change in policy

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:00:34 +0000

US special treatment of Cuban refugees is the cause of the crisis of migrants stranded in Central America, according to Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.

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