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Monthly Archives: July, 2007

Luxury Meets Jungle Wilderness at Manatus Hotel in Tortuguero

I was still a bit groggy and seeing green when Manatus Hotel owner Roberto Sansó offered me fresh fruit punch in a delicate crystal...

Youth’s First Billfish Foray a Success

No tarpon or snook fishing reports from any of the lodges on the Caribbean coast, so I assume the high water reported last week...

Would CAFTA Open Human Organ Trade?

In what is perhaps the most bizarre twist so far in the debate over the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA),...

Crashes Spur Safety Concerns

A series of recent tragic traffic accidents involving foreigners and Ticos alike has highlighted the need for reforms to Costa Rica’s transit law. The reforms,...

Osa’s Coastline Mismanaged

The Osa Peninsula, in Costa Rica’s pristine Southern Zone, is the last frontier in what some have called a real estate free-for all that...

Threat of Land Invasion Stalls Development

TOLA – Philip Christopher stood by a barbed-wire fence along PopoyoBeach, on the Pacific coast, waiting for an invasion that never came. This idyllic stretch...

Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

Almost immediately after winning the presidential election last November, and even before the final vote count was tallied, then-President-elect Daniel Ortega moved quickly and...

Managua: The Good, the Bad and Gallo Pinto

I didn’t know what to expect from Managua. From a tourist’s perspective, it seems like one of the least-loved cities in the world. Everyone I had...

Taiwan Donates $30 Million For New Power Plant

MANAGUA – The government of Taiwan gave Nicaragua $30 million for the purchase of a new thermal power plant with the capacity to generate...

Police Investigate Murder of Commissioner

MANAGUA – National Police Chief Aminta Granera said this week that the best investigative agents in the police force have been assigned to look...

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