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OAS Mission Fails,Promises To Return

MANAGUA – Down but not despondent, theSecretary General of the Organization of AmericanStates (OAS) has promised to return to Nicaragua totake another crack at...

IMF Program Still Uncertain

MANAGUA – If Nicaragua is unable to remain in thegood graces of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), thecountry will risk losing foreign-investment confidence,according to...

Tourism Institute Opens Public Attention Office

MANAGUA – With the objective ofoffering better attention to investors andthe public in general, the NicaraguanTourism Institute (INTUR) last weekopened its long-anticipated Center forPublic...

Government Aims to Eradicate Child Labor

MANAGUA (EFE) – PresidentEnrique Bolaños has pledged Nicaragua toan international campaign to eradicatechild labor in the mining sector by the year2015, even though the...

Guatemalan Mayor Murdered Monday

GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) – AGuatemalan mayor in the western municipalityof Génova Costa Cuca was killedby unidentified assailants Monday morning,according to police.Mayor Marciano Pérez, 54,...

Nicaraguan Solves Car-Theft Problem

MANAGUA (AFP) – Exasperatedafter having his car broken into on countlessoccasions in the capital, Nicaraguanfruit vendor Ismael Solís has employed acreative new method of...

Cloud Forest Water Conflict Continues

RESIDENTS of the traditionallypeaceful mountaintop community ofMonteverde, in north-central Costa Rica,remain immersed in an ongoing water rightsstruggle over a controversial irrigationproject.At the heart of...

Fishing Law Approved In First Debate

A bill to replace Costa Rica’s outdatedfishing law was approved unanimously bythe 38 legislators present during firstdebate on the floor of the LegislativeAssembly last...

Tourists Warned About Rental Car Burglaries

TOURIST Carroll Collins knows therules; he is a private investigator and hasbeen vacationing in Costa Rica for years:Don’t leave valuables visible in your rentalcar....

Judges Extend House Arrest For Ex-Presidents

SECOND Circuit Penal Courtjudges have prolonged the preventivedetention orders for former PresidentsRafael Ángel Calderón, Jr. (1990-1994)and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998-2002), both accused of accepting...

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