TAKING Shape: Alejandro Hernández, from Coronado, watchessculptor Efraín Romero work in the central park of Barva, amountain town northwest of San José, as part...
FOUR months after it was inaugurated,the $36 million Hospital San Rafael deAlajuela, in Alajuela, west of San José, isbreaking down, says the government.Officials are...
RETIRED teacher andbookstore owner Valerie Evanspassed away Monday followingan embolism of her lungs due tocomplications after a surgery atCima Hospital in Escazú, westof San...
SILVIA Ruiz, a Spanish law studentwho studied Costa Rican cooperative lawfor a year while living here writing herdoctoral thesis, said the educationalopportunities cooperatives offer...
THIRTEEN years ago a group of poorentrepreneurs pooled their resources andformed a grocery store cooperative in thenorthern Pacific province of Guanacaste.They used their collective...
THE new Lyrical Voices Associationwill be presenting eight performances ofVerdi’s popular opera, La Traviata, at theMelico Salazar Theater, starting Fri., Feb.25. The group was...
CLUB Vertigo, San José’s all-night,electronic-music hot spot onPaseo Colón, held an event Feb. 4 toraise funds for the natural-disaster victimsof the flooding in Costa...