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Big Crowd Expected for Poetry Festival

In an international celebration of poetry that has quickly become a worldwide calendar event, more than 100 poets from 55 different countries will descend...

Black Female Activist May Seek Top Office

For the first time in Costa Rican history, a woman of African descent may seek the presidency on a major party ticket. Epsy Campbell, an...

Hotel Paraíso Carlisa Close but Worlds Away From Busy Beaches

Though an easy drive from the busy Central Pacific tourist destinations of Jacó and Manuel Antonio, Hotel Paraíso Carlisa seems worlds away. Its peaceful...

Alemán’s Return Causes Opposition Party Shake-up

The full return of former President Arnoldo Alemán to the political scene is having a ripple effect on opposition political parties. Alemán, who last month...

Israel Lewites: A New Generation of Rebel

MANAGUA – Israel Lewites’ father was tortured by former dictator Anastasio Somoza’s National Guardsmen when he was 16, his uncle was martyred by the...

Deported Mother Hopes U.S. Will Reconsider Case

MANAGUA – Nicaraguan immigrant Maricela Soza, who was deported last week from the United States after a decade of living there with her two...

Nicas Beat Guatemala, Stun Soccer World

Samuel Wilson. Wilber Sánchez. Armando Collado. Juan Barrera. These may not be familiar names to most sports fans, but take note: This is your...

Gov’t Announces End To All Tourist Visas

The tourism sector is celebrating the  recent announcement that the governmentof President Daniel Ortega is going to lift all tourist visa requirements for foreign...

Press Group Alarmed by Situation Here

MANAGUA – The hemisphere’s most important free-press organization has expressed “serious concern and alarm” over the “very explosive” situation here regarding freedom of expression. Following...

Animal Traffickers Plundering Forests

MANAGUA – Their mouths tied shut, legs tied together and arms bound behind their backs like torture victims, hundreds of iguanas are stacked one...

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