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Monthly Archives: December, 2008

Church-State Relations Start to Strain

MANAGUA – Less than three months ago, in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 9 municipal elections, President Daniel Ortega’s relationship with religious...

U.S. Aid Freeze Worries Small Farmers

LEÓN – Upon hearing news of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) freeze on aid to Nicaragua last week, yuca exporter Antonio Caballero said...

‘Dry Season’ Soaks C.R.

The rumors of a dry season have been greatly exaggerated. Record rains continued to pound the battered Caribbean this week after flooding there forced thousands...

Café Producers Eye Huge Prize – China

As Costa Rica prepares to negotiate a free-trade treaty with Beijing, Tico coffee producers are eyeing China’s swelling urban middle class. Representatives from six coffee...

Top Nicaraguan business leader visits Washington to lobby against aid cut

GRANADA, Nicaragua – With the clock ticking down the final hours before the board of directors of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) makes...

Costa Rica lawmaker faces manslaughter charges

The family of Víctor Arroyo, who was killed in a car crash last month, pressed charges of manslaughter yesterday against the Costa Rican lawmaker...

Foundation donates boat to protect waters of Isla del Coco

Park guards Isla del Coco, Costa Rica´s famed island and marina national park, are now better equipped to deter illegal fishing in the protected...

Costa Rica’s Caribbean at risk for disease

After days of record rain, the Caribbean is highly vulnerable to dengue and other diseases, health authorities say. People wading in flooded areas risk contracting...

ATMs shut down late at night

Some government agencies and private institutions in Costa Rica are taking measures to reduce thefts and muggings that are common around the holiday season. Banco...

Costa Rica government calls for constitutional reform

President Oscar Arias´ administration will push for a Constituent Assembly to change Costa Rica´s nearly 60-year-old Constitution and alter the interplay between the branches...

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