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Monthly Archives: July, 2014

Dinosaurs invade the Children’s Museum

Animatronic dinosaurs that blink, move and roar turn a visit to Costa Rica's beloved Children's Museum into a trip through time.

San José Cabécar: A Hidden Indigenous Treasure in Costa Rica

SAN JOSÉ CABÉCAR, Limón – Visiting the San José Cabécar indigenous community, located in the mountains of Talamanca, Limón, is not something many people...

Snowdenfreude

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The past year's revelations about U.S. spying on Germany have been disastrous for many U.S. businesses. When documents provided by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden showed the agency was monitoring German citizens' communications, Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed building a Europe-only Internet, which would cut out U.S. Internet firms that cooperated with NSA spying.

Passengers on downed jet span cross-section of life, experience

All of them got on the Boeing 777: the world renowned AIDS researcher, the 77-year-old nun, the aspiring chemist who rowed crew for Indiana University – Dutch by birth but who showed her affection for her Midwest U.S. campus by once showing up to a costume party dressed as an ear of corn. A grandfather shepherding his three young grandchildren back to Australia. A 19-year-old U.S. citizen traveling to meet his family for a Malaysian vacation. Eighty children, three of them infants.

British Embassy celebrates 25th anniversary of Pacuare Reserve

In 1989, naturalist John Denham purchased 800 hectares of land in the Tortuguero region in the hopes of protecting sea turtles. The British Embassy celebrated the reserve’s 25th anniversary on Thursday night at the ambassador’s residence in Escazú.

Obama to host Central America leaders for immigration talks next Friday

U.S. President Barack Obama will host next week the presidents of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to discuss how to stem the flow of tens of thousands of immigrant children across the U.S. border.

Two young Ticos prepare to go to NASA space camp

Tico high school seniors Mariano Ramírez from the British School of Costa Rica and Carolina Pérez from the Alajuela Scientific High School will depart later this month to Houston, Texas where they will spend two weeks learning from scientists and astronauts at NASA's Johnson Space Center.

Clinica Bíblica Hospital celebrates 85th anniversary

The Clínica Bíblica Hospital celebrated its 85th anniversary Thursday night with a spectacular presentation from the Costa Rican Philharmonic Orchestra at the Melico Salazar...

International study finds last year among hottest on record

Four international agencies reported the global average temperature was 0.2 to 0.21 Celsius (0.36 to 0.38 Fahrenheit) above the 1981 to 2010 average, making 2013 the second- to sixth-warmest year ever.

The Great Tortilla Debate: Why Corn Reigns Supreme in Costa Rica

It is a cold and stormy night. We children are starving, and dinner is almost ready. The meat is cooked, the rice is done....

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