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Monthly Archives: February, 2010

There Goes the ‘Bride’

The invitation read: “Purita, daughter of Aquileo Verdugones and Helodia Manzanares, will marry Trampolín, son of Honorio Trampas and Devora Camaleón,” and gave the...

The Year of the Tiger Comes Roaring In

Let’s get the obvious play on words out of the way. Last year was a terrible one for golfer Tiger Woods. A November car crash...

Press Freedom Threatened in El Salvador, Panama

SAN SALVADOR – Efforts to restrict press freedoms in El Salvador and Panama are being met with very different responses by the region's two...

Amnesty Bill Shows Depth of Corruption

MANAGUA – An attempt by opposition Liberal lawmakers to pass a big-tent amnesty law that would include all ex-government officials from the past three...

Flor de Caña Rum Seeks to Expand Market Presence

CHICHIGALPA – Nicaragua’s old-time, slow-aged rum is about to venture into the face-paced, modern-age tourism industry. Having won more than 120 international awards over the...

New U.S. Ambassador Learning the Ropes

At the same time a woman is taking the helm of the Costa Rican presidency for the first time in the country’s history, a...

Chinchilla Makes History

Costa Rica registered another milestone in her history on Sunday when voters overwhelmingly elected a woman to the presidency.   Laura Chinchilla, a former vice...

Japan injects Costa Rica with ‘rising sun’ power

A new Costa Rican solar power plan will see the light of day thanks to an approximately $9 million gift from Japan, officials from...

President-elect Chinchilla reconciles with the Left

Ten days after a mud-slinging campaign in which he criticized Laura Chinchilla, calling her a puppet of the current administration, Ottón Solís made amends...

Protesters decry high court’s sluggish pace on shark fin case

In hopes of reminding Costa Rica´s Supreme Court justices that they have a 3-year-old lawsuit to resolve, dozens of students and members of the...

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