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Monthly Archives: October, 2009

Volunteers Travel Like They Care in Montezuma

Backpackers and tourists have long been drawn to the Pacific beach town of Montezuma for its spectacular sandy shores, waterfalls and laid-back culture. Since...

Gov’t Accused of Bad Biz Practices

Another questionable public-bidding process resulting in a concession for a business conglomerate related to the ruling Sandinista Front has raised more serious concerns about...

Nicaraguan Youth Organize in Costa Rica

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – For thousands of Nicaraguan youths living in Costa Rica, “the land of lakes and volcanoes” is but a faint...

Growing Concern Over Crucitas Mine

MANAGUA – Responding to warnings that an open-pit goldmine on Costa Rica’s northern border could have “catastrophic” environmental consequences on Nicaragua’s San Juan River,...

Good Bite, East and West

The weather and fishing on the Pacific side of the country has been better than average for early October, with a good sailfish, marlin...

Income Tax Reform May Get New Life

During the first presidential debate in early September, front-runner Laura Chinchilla, of the National Liberation Party, broached a subject that has been absent from...

Calderón Convicted

Inking a new chapter in the country’s history books, judges on Monday sentenced a former Costa Rican president to five years in prison and...

Health officials prepare for second flu wave in February

As Costa Rica slides over the first wave of the flu pandemic, health officials are preparing for a new – perhaps more severe –...

Costa Rica police find 11,000 marijuana plants

Costa Rica´s National Police discovered 11,000 marijuana plants in Bagaces, in the northwestern Guanacaste province, last weekend thanks to a tip from a resident,...

Limón Carnival will go on – for now

The Limón Carnival is set to go ahead despite the threat of closure should its organizers fail to meet sanitation regulations. Last week the Health...

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