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Monthly Archives: February, 2009

Gov’t Pleads With Italians To Continue Hospital Project

After an Italian non-governmental organization recently threatened to suspend a hospital project it planned to build in the northern city of León in protest...

Watchdog Calls for Partial Vote Annulment

MANAGUA – The results from last November’s municipal elections were tainted by “systemic fraud” that overwhelmingly favored the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN),...

Water Treatment Plant to Save Lake

MANAGUA – German and Nicaraguan authorities last week inaugurated a $83 million water-treatment plant that will treat sewage waters flowing into LakeXolotlán, also known...

Disco’s Door Policy Sparks Race Debate

MANAGUA – It’s happened countless times before, in establishments all across the country: a black person denied entrance because of racial discrimination. But when Brigette...

Manuel Antonio Park Faces Closure

The clock is ticking for ManuelAntonioNational Park, which had until Thursday to correct health and sanitary problems or face closure at the hands of...

Outbreak of mysterious ‘grisi siknis’ illness grips indigenous towns in Nicaragua

A team of traditional indigenous healers and regional health authorities from the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) trekked out to visit three rural Miskito...

Costa Rica inflation continues to slow in February

Prices of basic goods and services during January and February combined rose by 0.82 percent, slowing by 1.85 percent from the same period last...

Salvadoran presidential candidates in virtual tie

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – The left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) is still leading the incumbent right-wing ARENA party in polls before...

Canadiennes squash competition at Costa Rica Bowl tennis tourney

Canadian under-18 female tennis players took charge Monday in the first day of the Costa Rica Bowl tournament, obliterating the competition. Favorite Khristina Blajkevitch, of...

Costa Rica’s standing in business tourism is sub-par, says sector leader

Costa Rica´s pull factor for business tourism is set to get a needed boost this month, a leader in the sector said. COCAL, Latin America´s...

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