FORMER Seattle criminal attorneyLori Salo calmly considers her first-everventure onto the stage at the Little TheatreGroup’s Blanche Brown Theatre in thewestern suburb of Escazú,...
“POETRY improves people’s lives,”said Amalia Chaverri, vice-minister of culture.“Last year was a difficult time forCosta Ricans, but poetry allows people toexpress their thoughts and...
PLAYA CALETAS – On a moonlessnight, the beach was uniformly gray, treetrunks were indistinguishable from thesand, and spotting turtle tracks seemedunlikely.They are a dark...
TICO Timessubscriber BrianSmith, who lives inHeredia, fished theFlounder I with hisbrother out ofQuepos last weekand reports theycaught and releasedfour sails to 110pounds, two doradothat...
Nine years of negotiations for a CentralAmerican Customs Union are finally bearingfruit – at least for Costa Rica’s neighbors.With Honduras and Nicaragua poised to...
AFTER 10 years of what some environmentalistscall dismal operation, the private administratorof the country’s two public zoos has been told itscontract will not be...
A lengthy battle between the Costa Rican TourismInstitute (ICT) and the Comptroller’s Office has taken aturn against the tourism industry as the institute wasforced...
One Year AgoNine domestic violence-relatedslayings in January moved the governmentto create a special commissionwith representatives from eight governmentagencies to tackle the problem.The owners of...
TEGUCIGALPA(EFE) – Honduras’parliament on Jan. 19 passed a new lawdesigned to lock up for decades young peopleconvicted of mere membership in astreet gang.Pressed by...
IZALCO – The few in this westernSalvadoran town who remember thewholesale slaughter of Indians by the anti-Communist military regime in 1932 are intheir 90s...
