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Monthly Archives: May, 2010

No reports of Costa Ricans affected by Guatemala volcano eruption

  The Costa Rican embassy in Guatemala is reporting that no Costa Ricans have been injured or killed as a result of a powerful eruption...

Don Quixote: Madman Or a Beautiful Mind?

Why go see a play about a 400-year-old story of a man who battles giant windmills? Well, you might as well ask yourself why...

Seoul Man: Tico Ambassador to S. Korea Big on Faith

SEOUL, South Korea – Fernando Borbón is a man who seems to have little time for negativity. “Our consul is off for four months with...

Memorial Day Ceremony To Honor Veterans

The American Legion Post 10 of Escazú will conduct a Memorial Day ceremony honoring U.S. military veterans who have passed away in Costa Rica...

Costa Rica Remains on Cruise Control

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – Costa Rica likes to think of itself as a leader in Central America in terms of democracy and development....

Journalists Decry Authoritarianism in Panama

PANAMA CITY, Panama – An attempt earlier this year by President Ricardo Martinelli to push a bill through congress calling for greater government controls...

Violence, Organized Crime Grip Guatemala

In 1998, the New York-based nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that Guatemala had seen a “virtual halt of violence against journalists.” They apparently...

Citizen Journalism Democratizes Free Press

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – “I have a problem with Facebook. It says it won’t allow more than 5,000 friends,” reads a recent update...

Ortega’s Media War Expanded to Civil Society in Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – When Daniel Ortega won the 2006 presidential elections, it didn’t take a barometer to predict that the climate for journalism was...

Free Press Under Attack Across Region

More than 20 years after the Central American wars ended and the international community turned its attention to other corners of the world, this...

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