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Monthly Archives: November, 2008

Elections Cast Shadow on Democracy

Sunday’s dubious electoral process, followed by subsequent bouts of street violence in Managua and other parts of the country, is reinforcing Nicaragua’s international image...

Ticos in the Great War

War veteran and Costa Rica are not often mentioned in the same breath.   But a wreath-laying ceremony in San José's Parque de Francia this...

New Tax Hike to Hit Owners of Pricey Digs

Owners of properties worth more than about $182,000 will soon pay a new graduated tax, the first major fiscal reform since President Oscar Arias...

Worker at Costa Rica hotel site died of tick-borne disease

GUANACASTE – A Nicaraguan construction worker who died Nov. 6 at a resort construction site on Matapalo Beach in the northwestern province of Guanacaste...

Salvadorans join Sandinistas in Nicaraguan post-election chaos

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Nicaragua´s capital was again terrorized by political violence yesterday afternoon when hundreds of Sandinista loyalists – who were joined by leftist...

New Hilton hotel opening near Costa Rica’s Liberia airport

A new five-story Hilton Garden Inn will open Dec. 1 near the Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, in the northwestern province of Guanacaste. It...

Chinese president leaves gifts behind in whirlwind tour of Costa Rica

Costa Rica and China signed 11 agreements yesterday on free trade, education, energy and aid during Chinese President Hu Jintao´s first Central American visit,...

Tico nabs Latin Grammy for classical composition

Colombian super star Juanes cleaned up all the major trophies at the ninth annual Latin Grammy Awards last week in Houston, Texas, but, for...

U.S. gov’t issues travel alert for Nicaragua amid violence

GRANADA, Nicaragua – The U.S. government yesterday issued a travel warning for Nicaragua, noting “heightened security concerns” and advising its citizens to “maintain a...

Chinese president visits Costa Rica

Chinese President Hu Jintao is expected to sign 11 accords with President Oscar Arias today in the first visit by a Chinese head of...

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