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Monthly Archives: April, 2004

Tourism Here: ‘Not So Bad’

A scorecard on sustainable tourism recently publishedby National Geographic Traveler Magazinegave Costa Rica what it called a “surprisinglymediocre score,” pointing to widespread deforestationand “poor...

Immigration Proposals Explained

TALK of proposals that would dramatically change the system under which most North Americans and Europeans apply for residency in Costa Rica has sparked...

Women Turn Free Trade into Fair Trade

NUEVA VIDA, CIUDAD SANDINO– Touting the slogan “Our Sweat, OurSales, Our Success,” a small sewing cooperativeof hurricane victims in a formerrefugee camp outside of...

Country Mourns Congressman’s Death

MANAGUA – Nicaraguans of allpolitical persuasions joined this week inmourning the sudden death of LiberalConstitutional Party congressman PedroJoaquín Ríos, a leading supporter of formerPresident...

200 Participate in Regional Travel Show

MANAGUA – Two hundred tourismsuppliers, buyers and travel agents fromaround the world descended on the capitalof Nicaragua this week for the sixth annualTravel Exchange...

Mining Co. Sets Sights on Guatemala Town

EL ESTOR, Guatemala – When the Canadian International Nickel Company(INCO) departed from this small town in 1981, it said it intended to be gone...

Ex-President of Airline Group TACA Found Dead

SAN SALVADOR – The former presidentof regional airline group TACA,Federico Bloch, was found dead Mondayin the interior of his vehicle on a road tothe...

RACSA Users Complain About ‘Spam’ Problem

WHAT do ads for penis enlargements, breast augmentations, Viagra at discount prices, urgent business proposals from Nigeria and a random assortment of computer viruses...

Poll Comes in Third In France Competition

COSTA Rican Olympic champion swimmer Claudia Poll returned to competition this week after a two-year suspension from the sport. Swimming in the French Open in...

Mail Delivered Six Years Late

REMEMBER that book your aunt in Spain sent you years ago that never made it to your post office box? It may have arrived –...

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