Monthly Archives: December, 2010

Tomorrow, on the country’s southern Pacific coast, Uvita will host the first Costa Ballena Fair, featuring offerings from area artists, craftspeople and businesses. Costa Ballena...

“Recovery” has been the oft-repeated goal for the Costa Rican economy in 2010. The worldwide economic crisis battered national sectors in 2009, and the objective...

Pope Benedicto XVI advised Costa Rica against lifting its longtime ban on in vitro fertilization, saying the Central American country signed a pact, which “expressly recognizes the value of human life from conception.” Costa Rica has been under pressure by international organizations to reverse its stance on the procedure.

Only two of the leaked cables have centered on Central America, but more are expected to come.

Several businesses have experienced backlash, instead of big returns, after investing in Costa Rica.

Will Laughlin of Boulder, Colo. hopes to be the first person to complete the grueling 261-mile bike race Ruta de los Conquistadores by foot.

Meteorologists said the rainy front has passed and are forecasting a drier Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

At least a half million voters are expected at the polls for Sunday’s municipal elections. For the day, the National Meteorological Institute is predicting dry conditions in the morning with clouds and scattered showers in the afternoon.

Al Alexander paints in photo-realistic detail out of his home in the western Central Valley, and will exhibit his work at the upcoming Arte Hoy International Art Fair in Escazú.

NUTRITION IN THE NEWS: A look at the facts surrounding the “convenience store” diet that allowed a human nutrition professor to lose 27 pounds in 10 weeks.