People from Costa Rican rural areas may see national prize winning works for dance and theater through a tour program that the Directorate of Culture of the Ministry of Culture and Youth is developing.

The project's goal is to make entertainment that is only shown in the Central Valley accessible to other communities. This year the program has invited the University Dance Company, which won for best dance group in 2007 and its ballerina Elian Lopez, who won for best performer of 2008....

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The captain and owners of the tuna boat known as Tuna, were imposed a fine of $668,000 USD for the environmental damage caused by fishing in the protected waters of Cocos Island. It is important to stress that the island was declared a Natural World Heritage and is a National Park, so that fishing or hunting in the protected zone are prohibited.

The Environmental Court also ordered the Costa Rican Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture (INCOPESCA by its initials in Spanish), to cancel...

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