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Monthly Archives: November, 2008

Holocaust Horrors Seen Through a Boy’s Eyes

The realities of the Nazi nightmare are quickly spreading through Budapest, but Hungarians seem to not yet understand the horrific depths of Adolf Hitler’s...

All-You-Can-Catch Mahimahi on Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast

The weather has returned to our normal pattern for “green season” the past couple of weeks. Most of Costa Rica has had nice days...

Volunteers Work Hands-on in La Carpio

In a beat-up old van, Gail Nystrom drives her five fresh-faced volunteers into the heart of La Carpio, a shantytown west of San José,...

Longtime Baker Opens Tearoom in Escazú

Lovers of homebaked North American-style cookies, pecan pies, carrot cake, brownies, Boston-style bagels and cheesecake will be delighted to learn that a new tearoom,...

Arenal Volcano Not the Only Thing Turning up the Heat in the ‘City of Springs’

Twenty years ago, a roadblock obliged two men to seek an alternate route back to San José from Liberia, capital of the northwestern Guanacaste...

Campaign, Electoral Process Marred By Violence

With rocks, baseball bats and gunfire, opposing factions of Liberal and Sandinista supporters battled out their differences over Sunday’s election results in violent street...

Electoral Violations Were Not Investigated

MANAGUA – Bright pink Sandinista campaign billboards that stretch blatantly across public buildings, campaign pamphlets handed out at public hospitals during periods of “electoral...

Uncertainty, Instability Follow Contested Municipal Elections

With calls for a nationwide recount and conflicting claims to victory in several cities where both candidates have declared themselves winners, there were more...

Ortega Congratulates Obama on Win

President Daniel Ortega called U.S. Ambassador Robert Callahan late Nov. 4 to congratulate him on the election of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, according to...

Irregularities Abound on Election Day

When 74-year-old Roger Ocón showed up in his wheelchair at the voting station Sunday to cast his ballot for mayor of Granada, electoral authorities...

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