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Monthly Archives: July, 2008

Who Reads The Tico Times?

George Prosser bought 14 hectares of property in Golfito in 1993 for $8,000, after seeing an ad in a small Los Angeles paper called...

Sculptors Shape Community in Barva

Carved stone faces stare out at the square surrounding Barva Central Park. These lithic guardians of the park surround small patches of green and...

Hilton Papagayo Resort Bides Its ‘All-Inclusive’ Time on Culebra Bay

Can’t remember who said this, but I agree: “The older I get, the more stars I want in my hotel.” The older I get, the...

British Embassy Helps Restore Historic Greytown Nicaragua

GREYTOWN – On June 21 British Ambassador Tom Kennedy helped with the installation of new signs marking historical sites of the old British ghost...

Barceló Hotel Chain Welcomes Arbitration

MANAGUA – Spanish hotel giant Grupo Barceló welcomed the Ortega administration’s decision to take the hotel chain to international arbitration court over $1.4 million...

Inspired by Téllez, Nicaragua’s Anti-Ortega Movement Growing Fast

MANAGUA – Slightly more than a month ago, before declaring a hunger strike that inspired a nation to join in protest against the government,...

‘Marianita’ Case Revives Abortion Debate

MANAGUA – The shocking case of a pre-adolescent rape victim having to undergo an “illegal therapeutic abortion” last week has revived the debate on...

Managua Cracks Down on Illegal Trash Dumping

Nicaragua’s National Police don’t have the authority to confiscate trucks or horsedrawn carriages being used to dump trash illegally throughout the city, despite the...

U.S. Pledges to Help Protect Cocibolca

MANAGUA – After accompanying President Daniel Ortega on a boat tour across LakeCocibolca’s contaminated waters, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt...

To Many Ticos, Chávez a Sight for Sore Eyes

Turned off by long lines at state hospitals,  some 800 Ticos have traveled to Venezuela for free eye surgery over the last few years,...

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