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Monthly Archives: February, 2006

Mixed Messages Follow First Day of School

For Fiorella León, 6, the kickoff to first grade at Escuela Buenaventura Corrales in San José went off without a hitch. Leaving school at...

Solís Supporters: Dancing in the Streets

At 2:30 p.m. on Election Day, second-place candidate Ottón Solís took a break from his last day on the campaign trail to tell reporters...

Crowds Mob Arias During Election Day Tour

With confetti, marching bands and crowds at every turn, the daylight hours of Election Day seemed natural fodder to feed the pride of presidential...

New Candidates Eye Next Election

Among the many seasoned candidates who ran for President this year, eight first-time candidates experienced their first election on Sunday. The Tico Times spoke...

Voting Here: A Complete Pleasure

Foreign visitors and residents alike can’t help but notice the exuberant street party that characterizes Costa Rican elections. People wave flags from cars and...

Isla del Coco Hosts Voting Precinct

Democracy traveled some 500 kilometers into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, when for the first time in Costa Rican history, inhabitants of Isla del...

Blind Ticos Cast First Secret Vote

Election Day was a triumphant time for Costa Rica’s blind citizens. For the first time, they were able to cast their vote in private....

Flowers Have Universal Valentine’s Day Appeal

Costa Rica has that warm, tropical climate that spawns a passionate people, attracts passionate honeymooners from around the world and generates exotic flowers given...

A Democracy Lesson: Kids Cast their Votes

Some of Costa Rica’s smallest citizens got a handson lesson in democracy Sunday as they lined up outside San José’s Children’s Museum and 12...

Short Circuit Smokes Election Building

Shortly after Costa Rica began to vote for its new political landscape, people in the offices of the Supreme Elections Tribunal (TSE) were startled...

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