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Monthly Archives: June, 2011

Can you be convinced to visit Belize?

With growing tourist destinations like Placencia and plans to unveil a National Tourism Plan, Central America’s smallest country tries to compete in tourism with the rest of the region.

Costa Rican restaurant owners upset by tip law change

Popular San José restaurant News Café closed after a tipping law was reinterpreted by the courts in a way many restaurant owners feel will be harmful to business.

U.S. war vets honored in Costa Rica

The service in Escazú coincided with Monday’s U.S. Memorial Day celebration.

Census workers face challenges in Escazú

Condominiums, security guards and unfamiliar terrain in the capital’s upper-class suburb complicate census workers’ plans to survey the country’s 4.6 million people this week.

China and Ticos make a deal, so what’s it mean for Costa Rica?

The recently approved Free Trade Agreement with China could fuel Costa Rican exports, but high risks are involved.

Bridgestone expands operations in Costa Rica

The company is also investing $70 million into a local manufacturing plant in La Ribera de Belén, Heredia.

U.S. teenager shot, killed in Costa Rica by hotel security guard

A high school student from Kansas was killed by a guard at a lodge in La Fortuna early Thursday morning.

Human rights organizations protest Honduras’s return to OAS

Honduras welcomed back into the Organization of American States last week after exiled ex-president allowed to return.

Alajuela schoolchildren paint historical murals

Eight colorful murals depicting the historic “Campaign of 1856” are on display outside Juan Santamaría Museum.

Legendary bassist awes audience at Jazz Café

John Patitucci’s flying fingers recently wowed jazz enthusiasts, musicians and Costa Rica’s culture minister in the western San José suburb of Escazú.

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