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Monthly Archives: August, 2005

Cristal Ballena Adds New Sparkle to Southern Pacific Coast

IF, like Nellie Forbush in the musical“South Pacific,” you’ve ever wondered“how it feels, living on a hillside, lookingon an ocean, beautiful and still,” here’syour...

Peace Community Honors Memory of Teacher and Human Rights Worker

COSTA Rica lost a dedicated peaceand human-rights worker and teacher onJuly 11 with the passing of Erna CastroSteinvorth. Castro taught for nearly 20years at...

“Butterfly” Skirts Language Barriers to Become Hit

AN ambitious and beautifully wroughtpresentation of Giacomo Puccini’s opera“Madama Butterfly” opened at San José’sNational Theater last week.Two casts, one a mixed internationaland Costa Rican...

A Space for Emerging Artists

THE General Culture Administrationis offering the opportunity fornine emerging artists to exhibit theirworks in the lobby gallery of Teatro1887 in San José. Each artist’s...

Concert at Unity to Benefit Bribrí Community

INSPIRATIONAL singer andcomposer Ahria will give a concertSunday at Unity Church in Piedadesde Santa Ana,southwest of SanJosé, to benefit TheBridge, a nonprofitorganization basedin Puerto...

Pacific Coast Good, Rain at Barra

I had a prettynervous night lastSaturday when weheard on the televisionnews channelthat the boatKingfisher had notreturned from afishing trip. That isthe name of the...

Is a Better San José Possible? — Officials Plan Improvements for Capital

(Part one in a two-part series on improving and repopulating San José.)When government officials announced planson Wednesday to change some bus routes andrepave a...

Costa Rica’s Midnight Pilgrimage

CARTAGO – There he was: Jesus, drinkingwater out of a used Sprite bottle. He wore shabbywhite robes cinched with a rope belt, and his...

Thyroid Cancer Patients Face Yearlong Waits for Treatments

IF doctors had to choose their own cancer, manywould undoubtedly opt for thyroid cancer, a highly curable,rarely deadly form of the disease, according toHenry...

Nation Looks Ahead To CAFTA Deadlines

IT’S official: U.S. President George W. Bush signedthe Central American Free-Trade Agreement with theUnited States (CAFTA) into law on Tuesday, meaningthat the agreement will...

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