No menu items!

COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER

- Advertisement -spot_img

ARCHIVE

Monthly Archives: January, 2008

Shrink: Ortega Views Chávez as Father Figure

MANAGUA – President Daniel Ortega, who has long looked to leftist leaders Fidel Castro and Moammar Gadhafi as political mentors, now appears to view...

Ortega’s Public Speaking Skills Questioned

In a book he wrote about his visit to Nicaragua in 1986, acclaimed Iranian author Salman Rushdie said President Daniel Ortega “would never be...

Armed Bandits Rob Zoo, Steal Endangered Birds

Five armed men dressed in black and wearing ski masks broke into the National Zoo's animal rescue center last weekend and stole 17 rare...

Tourism Minister Seeks to Triple Budget

MANAGUA – Tourists may soon have to cough up more cash to enter the country as part of the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute's (INTUR)  push...

Chávez Promises to Keep Country Afloat

MANAGUA – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez last week assured President Daniel Ortega that his oil-rich nation would keep the Nicaraguan economy afloat in the...

Ortega Hails Peace Corps Volunteers

MANAGUA – President Daniel Ortega last week met with Ronald A. Tschetter, world director of the Peace Corps, and eulogized the work of the...

Peace Corps Teaches Youth Business Skills for Life

The gymnasium of Mercedes Mondragón High School hummed with nervous activity. Only two of the 10 groups would move on to the national round of...

Central Bank: Gov’t Will Honor Its Banking Debt

MANAGUA – Central Bank President Antenor Rosales this week insisted that the government still plans on paying down its monstrous internal debt accrued in...

Victim’s Friends Mobilize After Death at Tamarindo

Friends of Matt McParland, the 42-year-old U.S. chiropractor who drowned recently while on vacation in Tamarindo, are doing more than mourning his death. Frustrated by...

Costa Rican Woman Finds 8-Foot Boa Wrapped Around Car Engine

Ah, tropical living. It has everything: piña coladas, swaying palms, rosy sunsets… the eight-foot-long boa wrapped around the engine block of your sport utility...

Latest news

- Advertisement -spot_img