SMOKING cigarettes and signingalbum covers, Fidel Gamboa, lead singerand guitar player for Costa Rica’s youngand already legendary group Malpaís,tossed about insights into his band’s...
EACH year on Valentine’s Day, the “Have aHeart” golf tournament raises money for schools inVillarreal, Santa Cruz, in the northwestern provinceof Guanacaste. All profits...
BULLS, beer, amusement park rides, discos,concerts, horses and a Latin-style carnaval arerevved up for party-goers for the next two weeks atPalmares 2005.Judging by the...
THE non-venomous common tree boa (Corallus ruschenbergerii) is justone of the reptile species housed in Parque Reptilandia, in Platanillo,seven kilometers up the road from...
THE Red Cross of Alajuelahas 17 professionals on its roster,110 volunteers, 50 young people inyouth training programs, eightambulances and one snake. Sincethe caduceus, the...
THE Sarapiquí Conservation LearningCenter (SCLC) has announced the formationof an International Board of Directorsproviding strategic leadership and supportto the organization. Members were selectedfor a...
DO you everwonder what thediplomats and staffat the U.S. Embassydo? What kindsof programs theU.S. Governmenthas in Costa Rica?What kinds of servicesthe embassyprovides to U.S.citizens...
BENJAMIN Jowett, Master of Oxford’s Balliol College in thelate 1870s, was a celebrated polymath, inspiring one disenchantedstudent to post the following lines on his...
