Monthly Archives: March, 2015

Usually when expats miss some delicacy from home, they vent their frustrations to their friends on Facebook. Instead Joy Canton, 22, and her roommate Ellie Hacker, 18, both from the U.S. living in Bahia Ballena, decided to turn their cravings into a business. The two teachers at Uvita Christian Academy now run their own bakery, GringO’s Donuts.

Agatha Ruiz de la Prada sat down with The Tico Times to talk about thriving in a difficult industry, happiness and fashion, and Costa Rican hairstyles.

Nighttime images from a live video camera operated by the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) at the Turrialba Volcano are showing an incandescent glow, meaning lava or other incandescent material is present in the volcano's eruptions.

Some travelers have been told they might not be able to get on a flight until Wednesday. Driving to Panama and catching a flight there is an option.

The Costa Rican company has been in the cargo transport market for over 60 years and owns a fleet of 300 semi trailers.

Russia is courting Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua "to gain access to air bases and ports for resupply of Russian naval assets and strategic bombers operating in the Western Hemisphere."

Roberta Jacobson, the United States' top diplomat for Latin America, will return on March 15 to the Cuban capital for a third round of negotiations, the U.S. State Department said in a statement.

Juan Santamaría International Airport reopened around 11:30 a.m. Friday after a nearly 18-hour closure. Authorities warned that the reopening could be temporary, depending on future activity at Turrialba Volcano.

Water authorities dismissed rumors circulating on social media about water contamination by volcanic ash.

Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova was defense minister during the 1980-1992 war pitting a U.S.-backed government against leftist rebels, which left some 75,000 dead and another 7,000 missing.