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Monthly Archives: January, 2014

Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos bring NFL’s top defense, offense to the big game

Even before celebrating fans honked their car horns late into the night on downtown streets here, Seattle Seahawks' players and coaches began to turn their thoughts to the highly intriguing Super Bowl matchup that's now at hand.

10 Costa Rica stories to watch in 2014

With last year behind us, it's time to look forward to some of our picks for the top stories to watch out for in Costa Rica this year. We're pretty sure it's going to be an exciting year.

Turtles will be unprotected as leatherback nesting season approaches on Moín Beach

In February, endangered leatherback sea turtles will begin nesting on Moín Beach, where conservationist Jairo Mora was killed by poachers last May. Police and government officials have no plans to protect the turtles, and environmentalists are now pushing to designate the area as a national park. But even that would be too late for this year's baby turtles.

More than 200 celebrities, artists, poets and academics announce support for Villalta’s presidential bid

Musicians, television personalities, and public intellectuals voiced their backing for progressive candidate José María Villalta as Costa Rica’s next president.

Proposal offered as Panama Canal dispute simmers on

A consortium working on expanding the Panama Canal proposed Monday that local authorities co-finance a huge budget gap that sparked a bitter dispute threatening the project.

Subway also wants to tell you who to vote for in Costa Rica’s presidential elections

The latest fear-mongering campaign against the leftist Broad Front Party involves Subway Costa Rica franchises. Over the weekend, Subway employees complained of emails that attempted to influence voters that allegedly were sent out by the restaurant's management.

Costa Rica’s National Theater mural named one of ’10 great ceilings around the world’

Stop and look up. One of the best ceilings to admire in the world is in Costa Rica, according to an article in USA Today. The newspaper spoke with Jennifer Tombaugh of international tour company Tauck about the 10 best ceilings in the world. She included in her list the intricate decorations found inside San José's National Theater.

Costa Rican newspaper accuses government of ‘unprecedented’ spying on its reporters

Long celebrated as Latin America’s leader in freedom of expression, Costa Rica found itself mired in a wiretapping scandal Monday that shocked the small country. The newspaper Diario Extra accused the Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) and the Prosecutor’s Office of tapping the telephones of its reporters, telephone operator and Iary Gómez, general director of the media company, in an alleged attempt to discover the names of confidential sources inside the judicial branch.

G. Love performs at Jungle Jam Saturday in Costa Rica

Garrett Dutton, better known as G. Love, works the crowd on Saturday night at Jungle Jam. The festival has taken place in Jacó for...

Panama Canal expansion slowed by $1.6 billion financial dispute

PANAMA CITY -- Work on expanding the Panama Canal went ahead at a reduced pace Monday despite the builder's threat to shut down the project over huge cost overruns, officials said.

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