DESPITE protests from animal-rightsgroups and some parishioners, San JoséArchbishop Hugo Barrantes told the dailyLa Nación this week he supports apriest’s decision to put to...
THE Public Services Regulatory Authority(ARESEP) this week approved anincrease in fuel prices by between 3-5%,effective today.The agency approved a 3.82% hike inregular gasoline, from...
COSTA Rica is in danger of losing itssupremacy as Central America’s tourismleader, sector representatives said this week.Poorly maintained roads, a lack of hotelrooms and...
GOVERNMENT officials said thisweek that after two months of negotiationsthey may soon achieve what theycouldn’t achieve in the past two years: aresolution in their...
MANAGUA – In an effort to improve upon success,Nicaragua is about to implement what it is calling the“most innovative” and “aggressive” tourism-incentivelaw in all...
LA CARPIO, Costa Rica – The color of royaltycontrasts against the dust-brown and rusted squalor ofthis heavily Nicaraguan-populated shantytown on theoutskirts of Costa Rica’s...
GRANADA – Former MayorEugenio Hernández, of the LiberalConstitutional Party, was sentenced lastFriday to 25 years in prison for the murderof 26-year-old Nicaraguan journalistMaría José...
GRANADA – The first season ofNicaragua’s new Professional BaseballLeague ended in scandal last week asreports surfaced that the championshipteam from León bought its way...
A 55-year-old tourist from Holland,identified as Hank Sloot Beeks, diedSunday during a rafting trip on theSarapiquí River in north-central CostaRica.The cause of death has...
