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Monthly Archives: January, 2009

State of Nation Report Devoid of Analysis

Unable to present his annual State of the Nation address before the National Assembly on Jan. 10 as required by law, President Daniel Ortega...

Alemán Freed, ‘El Pacto’ Strikes Again

The center-right Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) this week is denying it will support any efforts to reform the constitution and allow President Daniel Ortega...

Sandinistas Accused of Rigging RAAN

Allegations that the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stole two key municipalities in the Jan. 18 municipal elections on the Caribbean coast has led...

Central and Southern Pacific Are Hot, Hot, Hot

The weather has been beautiful up and down the Pacific coast, with warm sunny days and very little rain. The Caribbean side and interior...

Celebration as Obama Takes Power

A couple of minutes past 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Barack Obama placed his hand on the Bible and was sworn in as the 44th...

Earthquake ‘Catastrophic’ to Sarapiquí

When the 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck just over two weeks ago, at least 23 people were killed, most in landslides. Humans, however, were not...

Costa Rica cities reach world-class murder rates in 2008

If downtown Limón, on the Caribbean, and Tibás, on the north side of San José, were major U.S. cities, their murder rates would rank...

Costa Rica traffic law sees 1st big bump in the road

A woman arrested with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit is temporarily off the hook after a judge suspended all reckless driving...

‘La Sele’ win games, get robbed

The Costa Rica national men´s soccer team won and lost this weekend: two games and an estimated $17 million worth of belongings, respectively. Two coaches´...

Finance Ministry to infuse cash into economy

Costa Rica´s Finance Ministry plans to invest about ¢350 million ($636,000) in the market to cushion the effects of the financial crisis. About 45 percent...

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