YESTERDAY,the starlings returnedfrom theirwinter quartersand started theirracket at four inthe morning, longbefore dawn madeits appearancehere in the northernhemisphere.And today, I sawthe first greenshoots on...
MODELS, busty TV game-show hostesses,future news anchors and upstart pinupsof all breeds strutted, smiled andfawned before cameras and onlookers, tryingto land a spot as...
“EL Observatorio” translated intoEnglish means “The Observatory” – aplace to see stars. And though the newcine-bar and restaurant in Barrio LaCalifornia, in eastern San...
ACCORDING to the Society andAnimals Forum (formerly Psychologistsfor the Ethical Treatment of Animals,PSYETA), which works toreduce the suffering andexploitation of both “humanand non-human animals,”the...
PARRITA, Puntarenas – In the vacation-spot popularitycontest, Parrita has long been the yappy runt dog nippingat the heels of its bulldog neighbor, Manuel Antonio.To...
THE weather isbeautiful at BarraColorado, on thenorthern Caribbeancoast, with flat seasoutside the rivermouth, sunny skiesand temperatures inthe 90s, and the fishcooperating.We had a last-minutecall...
When President Abel Pacheco took officethree years ago, he declared as priorities reducingpoverty and protecting the environment.This week, moments after the President used hisannual...
THE day after thousands of protestors voicedtheir opposition to the Central American Free-TradeAgreement with the United States (CAFTA) on thestreets of San José, President...
IN the popular tourist destination Puerto Viejo, arapidly growing town on the southern Caribbean coast, ahouse fire is basically a lost cause. While the...
