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Monthly Archives: September, 2008

Judges Are Becoming A Bit More Preventive

Facing a clamor over lawlessness and crime run amok, judges have begun ordering more preventive prison, keeping suspects in jail through their trial. In March,...

La Sele beats Haiti 3-1

The Costa Rica men´s national soccer team beat Haiti last night 3-1, holding its place atop its World Cup qualifying group with a third...

Small Costa Rica hotels seek safety in numbers

Tomorrow about 150 managers of small hotels from around Central America will gather in San José´s Radisson Hotel for their sixth annual conference, searching...

Analyst: Relations ‘chilling’ between U.S. and Nicaragua

GRANADA, Nicaragua – The decision this week by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez to cancel his trip to Nicaragua later this month represents...

Hail yesterday, more rain today as Costa Rica rainy season peaks

  Meteorologists forecast more downpours this afternoon as Costa Rica heads into the wettest part of its rainy season, September and October.   Hail fell yesterday over...

Dengue keeps spreading on Costa Rica’s Pacific

  An outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease dengue in the central Pacific Costa Rican town of Parrita continues to spread.   In the past two weeks, reported...

Nicaraguan death by dog mauling moves toward dismissal

  It appears two National Police officers will not be convicted of manslaughter in the death of Nicaraguan Natividad Canda in 2005.   Canda was killed by...

Ramadan off to quiet start in Costa Rica

  Costa Rica's sparse but diverse Muslim community has begun its second week of observing Ramadan, the solemn month of fasting by day and feasting...

Correction: Hard winds slam San José, but no tornado

The gusts that swept through San José early yesterday afternoon were “strong winds” and not a tornado as initially reported, according to Costa Rica...

Gov’t targets NGOs in Nicaragua, civil leaders denounce persecution

  GRANADA, Nicaragua – Leaders of nongovernmental organizations and human rights groups are uniting their voices of protest against an aggressive new campaign by the...

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