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Monthly Archives: June, 2008

Cloud Forest Lodge a Paradise for Quetzals and Humans

In a highland cloud forest just minutes off the Inter-American Highway near Cerro de la Muerte, south of the capital, Paraíso del Quetzal mountain...

Solar Power Looks to the Heavens for Energy Answers

JINOTEPE – Frederic Bastemeijer wakes up to the wind and whistle of his energyproducing windmill that towers 15 meters above his family’s countryside cabins. Along...

MARENA’s Dilemma: Environment or Energy?

The country's fragile energy situation is preventing the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry (MARENA) from enforcing environmental laws in fear of contributing to power-rationing...

Polaris Geothermal Plant Steams Full Ahead

MANAGUA – After some moments of tense uncertainty in the early months of President Daniel Ortega’s 2007 return to the presidency, Polaris Geothermal has...

Unión Fenosa, Gov’t Finally Reach a Deal

After months of tensions with the Sandinista government, Spanish electricity provider Unión Fenosa agreed to cede 16 percent of its shares to the government...

Iranian Hydro Project Stirs Concerns

RIO BLANCO,Matagalpa – Controversial plans to build a $200 million Iranianfinanced hydroelectric dam in Nicaragua’s northern highlands have fueled U.S. concerns over the Islamic...

Country Looks Beyond Oil Dependency

MANAGUA – In a country as polarized as Nicaragua, there are few topics on which everyone can agree. Yet when it comes to resolving...

Longtime C.R. Angler Takes Over Fishing Column

I came to Costa Rica on vacation in 1998 and caught three sailfish, two dorado and a 200-pound tuna. I was in love. Within a...

Coastal Growth Feeds Private Schools

James Felhofer, a financial manager on the central Pacific coast, could not find a good nearby school for his two young girls. So he...

Reckoning With Wreckage

Tropical Storm Alma came and went last week, leaving flooding and destroyed homes, roads and aqueducts in its wake. The storm forced hundreds of...

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