THE National Pejibaye Festival is under way through Oct. 30 in the Caribbean-slope town of Tucurrique, known as the “Land of Pejibaye.” Activities scheduled...
Sixth in an ongoing series on Atenas basedartists.“The object of art is not to representreality, but to create a reality of the sameintensity.”–Alberto Giacometti...
WHILE some Ticos don the frightening masks, costumes and makeup traditionally associated with Halloween in North America, others will put on masks of a...
Despite decades of economic growth, includingincreased exports and investment, the minimumwage today is similar in real terms to theminimum wage in the mid-1980s, according...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco’s submission of theCentral American Free-Trade Agreement with theUnited States (CAFTA) to the Legislative AssemblyOct. 21 was a relief to those who...
A Soviet defector from the KGB has published documents alleging that late Costa Rican ex-President José “Pepe” Figueres Ferrer (1906-1990) was on the Soviet...
• National Liberation Party presidential candidate Oscar Arias continues to hold a commanding lead, with 45% of respondents’ support in the latest CID-Gallup poll...
