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Year Ends With Signs Of Slow Economic Recovery

In an economic year characterized by recession and hardship, Costa Rica’s Central Bank (BCCR) this week released a glimmer of good news that indicates...

EU, Central America No Longer Split Over Bananas

The European Union (EU) agreed to reduce tariffs on banana imports on Tuesday, ending one of the world’s most long-standing trade disputes. Under the agreement,...

National Museum Explores History of San José Barrios

A new exhibit at San José’s NationalMuseum seeks to take viewers back to the first half of the 20th century in a historical study...

Street Santas Bring Cheer to Homeless

Christmas came early for the homeless of San José as parcels of food and clothing were distributed throughout the city’s poorest areas by an...

Cocktail Countdown: Nine Top Sips of 2009

There’s another way to count down to the new year: Instead of ticking off the seconds on Dec. 31, start now, and take it...

NIcaragua on Ice

With loosely laced skates and big smiles on their faces, thousands of Nicaraguan youths are getting a unique chance to slip and slide across...

Filmmaker Blames Sandinistas for La Penca Bombing

MANAGUA – After a year of probing into the events of a terrorist attack in which he claims to have been an unknowing and...

’10 Budget Passes, Restrictions Augur Tough Year

MANAGUA – With the help of $86.5 million in loans from the Inter-American Development Bank, $130 million in public debt and an additional $45...

Tax Expert: Fiscal Reform Shows Gov’t’s True Colors

Nica News Dec. 18   Is Nicaragua’s Democracy Maxed Out?   Tax Expert: Fiscal Reform Shows Gov’t’s True Colors MANAGUA – Despite Sandinista rhetoric about implementing a "new model...

Is Nicaragua’s Democracy Maxed Out?

MANAGUA – Questionable political maneuverings by President Daniel Ortega and fading idealism in the United States’ approach to foreign policy have combined to lower...

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