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Monthly Archives: August, 2009

Honduras’ high court rejects San José plan

Honduras´ Supreme Court has rejected key points of a proposal drafted in Costa Rica that would return ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to power. The...

New Escazú-La Sabana road bypasses highway

Costa Rican transport authorities have opened a new road that directly connects the western San José district of La Sabana to Escazú, southwest of...

Costa Rica resident has ties to FARC, U.S. Treasury says

A Colombian national living in Costa Rica has been labeled a drug trafficker and an “important” financier of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...

Paying students to stay in school receives high marks from UN’s labor agency

  The International Labor Organization recently praised an initiative in Costa Rica that pays children to stay in school.   Avancemos, which began under the Oscar Arias...

Four Costa Rica shrimp species get a reprieve from nets

Shrimpers no longer will be allowed to take certain types of shrimp out of the Golfo de Nicoya, on the north-central Pacific coast. The Costa...

Asian-Inspired Relaxation in Manuel Antonio

The first step into Raindrop Spa is a step into a sanctuary. A thin veil of sandalwood incense marks the passage into the dimly...

Animal Lovers Work Together With McKee Jacó

When Katja Bader arrived in the central Pacific beach town of Jacó in 1999, she was saddened to see so many dogs roaming the...

The Three Esterilloses Run the Beach Town Gamut

Resting on the shores of the Pacific Ocean between the booming tourist destinations of Jacó and Manuel Antonio are three small communities, each distinct...

Couples Flock to Central Pacific to Say ‘I Do’

U.S. football star Tom Brady and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen got married in Costa Rica, and they weren’t the first foreigners to do so....

Costanera Sur Suffers Delays; Marina Takes Shape

Nearly half a century after the original proposal to build a paved highway down the Pacific coast was presented, the project is still incomplete. On...

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