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23.09.18 - 19:09
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Streik wegen Steuerreform legt Costa Rica weitgehend lahm (DPA-AFX)
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SAN JOSÉ (dpa-AFX) - Regierung und Gewerkschaften in Costa Rica verhandeln ab Montag über die Umsetzung einer geplanten Steuerreform, um einen seit zwei Wochen dauernden Streik zu beenden. Die Verhandlungsparteien hatten erste Gespräche ohne Ergebnis...
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08.05.18 - 18:01
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New Costa Rica president takes office (AFP)
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Costa Rica swears in its new president on Tuesday, at the head of a multi-party government facing challenges from climbing crime, looming migration, and an growing deficit.Carlos Alvarado, a journalist and onetime labor minister in the outgoing cente...
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28.04.18 - 23:42
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Evangelicals make up quarter of Costa Rica′s new assembly (AFP)
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Costa Rica's new assembly will formally begin work on Tuesday, with 14 of its 57 new deputies evangelical Christians, making up one of the main groups in opposition to the center-left government of president-elect Carlos Alvarado. The evangelicals, ...
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02.04.18 - 23:48
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Costa Rica president-elect seeks ′national unity′ govt (AFP)
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Costa Rica's president-elect, Carlos Alvarado, started work on Monday building alliances with political factions in the Legislative Assembly, a day after his resounding win over a preacher rival.Alvarado, from the ruling center-left Citizens' Actio...
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01.04.18 - 03:24
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Religion vs rights splits Costa Rica in presidential vote (AFP)
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Costa Rica votes Sunday in a presidential election that will see either an ultra-conservative evangelical preacher or an ex-minister from the ruling center-left party become head of state.The choice has divided the small Central American nation of fi...
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31.03.18 - 13:19
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Costa Rica Election Hinges on Gay Rights (WSJ EN)
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A former evangelical preacher has seized on the issue of gay rights to gain a lead in the presidential race in Costa Rica, upending politics in a country that has long been exceptional for its stability in a tumultuous region....
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30.03.18 - 04:34
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Preacher for president? Costa Rica votes (AFP)
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Costa Rica is facing a choice of an evangelical preacher who has surged from obscurity or an ex-minister from the current ruling party in a presidential race to be decided voting on Sunday.The result of the run-off election is uncertain. Surveys show...
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05.02.18 - 02:06
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Gay marriage debate hangs over Costa Rica election (AFP)
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Costa Rica voted Sunday in the first round of the Central American country's presidential election, which was held under the shadow of a divisive debate on gay marriage.A total 13 candidates vied to succeed outgoing President Luis Guillermo Solis, w...
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04.02.18 - 18:25
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Costa Rica goes to the polls to choose new president (AFP)
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Costa Rica voted Sunday in the first round of the Central American country's presidential election, which is being buffeted by a debate on gay marriage.A total 13 candidates are vying to succeed outgoing President Luis Guillermo Solis, who is consti...
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02.02.18 - 19:09
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Top UN court draws new borders for Costa Rica, Nicaragua (AFP)
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The UN's highest court drew new maritime boundaries between Costa Rica and Nicaragua on Friday seeking to end a decades-long frontier dispute, and ordered Managua to pay compensation for environmental damage.In a multi-pronged judgement, the Interna...
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02.02.18 - 15:45
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UN court says Nicaragua must pay Costa Rica $380,000 (AFP)
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The UN's highest court on Friday ordered Nicaragua to pay Costa Rica compensation for environmental damage to protected wetlands on the river San Juan, setting the sum of $380,000. But the figure was well below the $6.7 million demanded by Costa Ric...
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02.02.18 - 07:01
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Gay marriage debate rocks uncertain Costa Rica election (AFP)
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Costa Rican voters are to cast ballots Sunday in the first stage of presidential elections that are being buffeted by a debate on gay marriage in the relatively well-off Central American nation.A total 13 candidates are vying to succeed outgoing Pres...
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02.02.18 - 07:01
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Five things to know about Costa Rica (AFP)
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Costa Rica, which hold presidential and legislative elections on Sunday, is a tropical tourist destination in Central America that boasts of being an eco-friendly nation.Here are five things to know about the small country, population 4.9 million.- C...
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02.01.18 - 23:31
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Costa Rica murder rate hits record in 2017 (AFP)
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Costa Rica recorded its highest-ever annual murder rate in 2017, authorities said Tuesday, blaming score-settling between gangs and drug trafficking for the rise.The nation of about five million people, still considered one of the safest relative to ...
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01.01.18 - 21:27
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Winds seen as factor in Costa Rica plane crash that killed 12 (AFP)
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Strong winds were seen as a factor in the crash of a small plane in Costa Rica that killed all 10 US passengers on board and two local crew members, according to officials and witnesses.The accident, which occurred Sunday in the country's northweste...
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13.11.17 - 05:54
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Strong quake rocks Costa Rica (AFP)
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A strong earthquake, measuring 6.5 according to a US seismological agency, rocked Costa Rica late Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The quake occurred at 8:28 pm local (0228 GMT) on the Central American country's Pa...
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