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Monthly Archives: January, 2011

Garifuna village hopes to tap island tourism

EXPLORING HONDURAS: The Garifuna community of Punta Gorda.

Nicaragua reaches goal: 1 million tourists in 2010

Dani Lathan-Reid, a banker from South Carolina, claimed the unique honor last week of becoming the one-millionth tourist to visit Nicaragua in 2010. Nicaragua...

Monkey Point criticizes river dredging

Locals worry dredging of San Juan River will lead to more isolation and militarization.

Another Avenida 8 closure begins next Monday

A central thoroughfare for westbound traffic will close Jan. 11 as workers complete the final stage of a road reconstruction project.

Red Cross reports fewer deaths in 2010

Violence and motor vehicle accidents were the top two causes of unexpected death in Costa Rica in 2010, the Costa Rican Red Cross reported. But there were fewer accidental deaths last year than the two previous years.

Hotel Barceló Tambor allowed to reopen

Eight days after being shut down for an outbreak of the norovirus, a Nicoya Peninsula hotel has been granted permission to begin receiving guests.

Celeb chef Gordon Ramsay allegedly threatened at gunpoint in Costa Rica

Ramsay was in Costa Rica to film a segment on illegal shark finning for a new TV show.

Alcatel reaches settlement in Costa Rica bribe scandal

French telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent agreed to pay $137 million last week to settle a foreign bribery investigation spearheaded by the U.S. Justice Department over...

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