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Some 1 Million Nicas Have Emigrated to Costa Rica

GENEVA – About 1 million Nicaraguans have emigrated to neighboring Costa Rica seeking a better life due to the dire poverty and lack of...

Ortega Announces Gov’t Spending Cuts

MANAGUA – Lamenting that Nicaragua is “trapped” by the economic downturn of the “global capitalist” system, President Daniel Ortega last week announced a $66...

Ortega Criticizes U.S. Policy Toward Cuba

President Daniel Ortega is calling on the U.S. administration of Barack Obama to end the blockade against Cuba and to free five Cuban prisoners...

Gov’t Drops Criminal Investigation of NGOs

State prosecutors last week closed their controversial criminal probe of 17 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) after they failed to find enough evidence to press charges...

Alemán Versus Murillo in 2011 Presidential Contest?

In the hypothetical situation that Arnoldo Alemán faces First Lady Rosario Murillo in the 2011 presidential elections, the former president says he’s sure he...

Can Alemán Break Chains of ‘El Pacto’?

MANAGUA – Trying to evoke the political  energy and optimism of U.S. President Barack Obama, former Nicaraguan president and ex-convict Arnoldo Alemán says he...

Tico Towns’ Murder Rates Spike

If downtown Limón, on the Caribbean, or Tibás, on the north side of San José, were major U.S. cities, their murder rates would rank...

Waiting for Place to Call Home

RIO CUARTO, Heredia – In a fluttery pink dress, 5-year-old Helen Marín runs hand-in-hand with a playmate across the grassy courtyard of the Río...

INS Competition Far Off

The National Insurance Institute’s (INS) monopoly on selling insurance in Costa Rica is ending, as required by the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the...

Próspero Fernández Highway Down 2 Lanes for Work

Two lanes of the Próspero Fernández highway were closed Sunday for road construction on the 3.5 kilometer stretch between La Sabana, on San José’s...

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