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Monthly Archives: August, 2008

AIDS experts urge Latin America to act now, avoid becoming next Africa

MEXICO CITY – HIV/AIDS activists and experts from around the world are urging Latin America to take swift action to prevent the outbreak of...

Police investigate shooting of Sandinista reporter

NICARAGUA – Police are investigating the shooting of a journalist of the state-affiliated TV channel Multinoticias at protests that turned violent when opposing political...

Costa Rican Central Bank ups 2008 inflation goal to 14 percent

Pointing to “external shocks” and an increase in the colón-dollar exchange rate, the Central Bank revised its projections for year-end inflation, moving its target...

Nearly 40 percent of English teachers unfit to teach

Out of 3,193 English teachers working for the Public Education Ministry (MEP) only 1,981 of them (62 percent) possess the training and knowledge necessary...

Take It From the Top

Italian pianist Francesco Libetta, seen here conducting, is one of the hot tickets on the Credomatic Music Festival program (see schedule on page W11),...

Campesinos Turn Tour Guides at Chocoyero

TICUANTEPE – The bright green chocoyos peer peacefully out of their cliff-side cubbies like nature’s version of Hollywood Squares. Suddenly, they get spooked and fly...

Handling the Land Problem

A family’s desire for a piece of land and a house is as old as civilization itself. Through the centuries, the pressure of this...

What Kissinger Report Overlooked

Feb. 24, 1984 A half-century ago, Costa Rica’s many mountain rivers and streams tumbled sparklingly to the sea. Today it is difficult to find a...

U.S. Military, Stay Away

Friday, May 27, 1983 The public but unofficial statements of two U.S. officials bounced like lead balloons on Central America this week, even as State...

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