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Monthly Archives: April, 2008

Book Shares Plant Lore

Suffering from a Costa Rican summer cold or some traveler’s diarrhea? You may want to consult longtime Tico Times garden columnist Ed Bernhardt’s new book,...

San Ramón Group To Plant Trees in Cloud Forest

A group of businesses, local tourism companies and volunteers in and around the coffee town of San Ramón, northwest of the capital, have joined...

Life Is in Their Hands;Death Is on Their Minds

In Costa Rica, which does not have the jury system to hear evidence and pass judgment against a person accused of a serious crime,...

Ticos Young and Old Dance the Baile de la Polilla

Every year, Alajuela celebrates April 11 – the anniversary of the Battle of Rivas, when, legend has it, native son Juan Santamaría gave his...

Organization for Tropical Studies Turns 45

1963 was a pretty eventful year. Martin Luther King declared, “I have a dream,” U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and Beatlemania started...

Indigenous Yorkín Community Welcomes Off-the-Beaten-Path Travelers

The jungle crowds the river on both sides. The sun burns down on the back of my neck. Birds shriek and circle overhead. I...

Zoo Urges People Not to Keep Exotic Pets

The Nicaragua National Zoo this week unleashed a fund-raising campaign against the domestication of wild animals through an exhibit of rescued animals on display...

Critics Blast Slander Trial as Sandinista Kangaroo Court

MANAGUA – The April 17 slander trial against La Prensa opened under protest by defense lawyer Helga Asher, who filed several motions to suspend...

‘Cup of Excellence’ Competition Names Best Coffee

JINOTEGA – Nicaragua’s best cup of coffee this year comes from a small producer named Mauricio Esteban Vilchez in the Nueva Segovia province in...

Gov’t-Media Relations Hit New Low

MANAGUA – The strained relationship between the Sandinista Front and many independent news media has become increasingly tense and hostile in recent weeks as...

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