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Written by Rod Hughes
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Friday, 13 August 2010 18:13 |
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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi had barely landed in San Jose than high Costa Rican officials presented him with what Tico Times reporter Chrissie Long called a foreign aid "laundry list" of requests for help including $221 million for a 108-kilometer highway from the Caribbean port of Limon, some clean energy initiatives and other infrastructure projects.
This tin cup approach to foreign policy did not sit well with some, including the English-language paper, The Tico Times, which ran the story on the front page Aug. 6 under the witty headline, "Milking the Chinese Dragon." To further underscore the paper's displeasure, its editorial in that edition was headlined, "A Little Dignity, Please," but might as well have read, "Have You No Shame?" and suggested that the government get busy making its own infrastructure improvements with its own resources.
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Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 17:21 |
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Court Rejects Gay Marriage Vote |
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Written by Rod Hughes
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 19:22 |
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The Supreme Court's Constitutional Chamber (Sala IV) has rejected a petition to put same-sex marriage on a Dec. 5 referendum ballot for an unusual reason. The Sala majority in the 5-2 vote ruled that gay marriage is a fundamental civil rights matter protected by international treaties and not for the majority of voters to decide about minority rights.
The decision put the ball right back in the Legislative Assembly court where a bill allowing gay unions is currently pending. Both the Citizen Action Party (PAC) and the Libertarian Movement have expressed support for the court-s ruling.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 August 2010 22:09 |
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President Treads Gold Mine Field |
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Written by Rod Hughes
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Wednesday, 11 August 2010 23:32 |
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President Laura Chinchilla has found the issue of Las Crucitas open pit gold mine a tightrope situation. She hopes to remain faithful to her "green" campaign promises while also keeping the reputation of her predecessor, President Oscar Arias, as business-friendly.
Late last month, she refused to rescind Arias's 2007 decree that the Las Crucitas mine just south of the Nicaraguan border should go forward "in the public interest," after she had promised environmentalists and nervous residents of the area that she would study the Arias decree.
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Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 17:10 |
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