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Monthly Archives: April, 2006

Hundreds March against Shantytown Evictions

As the process to evict families from the La Candela shantytown, west of San José, continued this week, hundreds turned out Tuesday for a...

Pacheco Will Leave Office ‘Satisfied’

President Abel Pacheco makes no bonesabout it – he is more than ready to turn over his keys to Casa Presidencial in exchange for...

Rationalize Your Auto Insurance

Almost everyone has heard of “obligatory auto insurance,” known by its Spanish initials as SOA. It is not sold directly by the National Insurance...

Happy Endings: Spanish Suffixes Spice Things Up

I think most of you know that Costa Ricans are affectionately called “Ticos” because of a suffix (a group of letters added to the...

New Leaders, New Attitudes Take the Trophies

Aweek after becoming Costa Rica’s National Surfing Champion, 2005-06, Tamarindo’s Isaac Vega is sitting on the grass above the El Diria’s Amphitheater watching African...

Boy Found Bound,

TEGUCIGALPA – A 12-year-old boy was found bound and killed execution-style Saturday after “two armed men” abducted him in an eastern capital neighborhood, police...

4 Injured in Land Riots in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY – Fourteen people were injured and 30 others arrested on April 20 in scattered incidents across Guatemala as thousands of campesinos mounted...

Donald Trump Launches Luxury Tower in Panama

NEW YORK – New York real-estate mogul Donald Trump announced this week that he is embarking on a project to build a $220 million...

Program to “Open Doors” To Technology for Youth

Getting good grades could result in jobs awaiting graduating students at 39 vocational high schools around the country – a new program in coordination...

Libertarian Proposes Day of Peace, Freedom

In hopes of getting Costa Ricans to reflect on their pacifist tradition, Libertarian Movement legislator Carlos Salazar has presented a bill to establish an...

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