http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/septiembre/18/economia2093920.html
15-Oct-2009 (16 years 7 months 24 days ago)Last September 17, the authorities at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica signed a declaration that certified the absence of swine fever throughout the national territory. The disease had been announced in the country in 1994.
The following step is to achieve recognition from the OIE, and this is expected within the next two months.
(Original in Spanish. Read Google translation
here).