A COSTA Rican trumpeter is one offive semi-finalists invited to compete inthe 2004 Ellsworth Smith InternationalSolo Trumpet Competition this week inBirmingham, Alabama. Carlos Araya,from...
THE only fishingreport this weekis from ClubAmateur de Pesca,which held a surffishing tournamentin the Parismina areaon the northernCaribbean coast.As the photos tothe left attest...
With thoughts of free-trade agreements andU.S. foreign policy floating in their heads, CostaRicans watched the U.S. elections Tuesday withcuriosity, concern and relief the democraticprocess...
THE corruption scandals sweeping Costa Rica havetaken their toll on the nation’s international image,according to political analysts, and the damage hasn’tstopped there.The nation’s two...
THE Ethics Branch of the Government Attorney’sOffice has undertaken an unprecedented effort to collect atleast $17.2 million believed to have been paid as “commissions”or...
MANAGUA – Enabled by shiftingdemographics and a steadily decliningbirthrate, Nicaragua is entering a vital“window of opportunity” to make realheadway against poverty and underdevelopment,the United...
“FLOTA! Flota!”came the highpitched and repeatedshouts from someoneoutside in the road. Itwas 3:30 a.m. – mymind desperatelywanted to hold on toits blissful state ofsleep....
The children of street vendors no longerare locked in the house while their parentswork. Now, despite obstacles inopening, they have a safe place to...
PLEASE to remember the fifth of November,Gunpowder Treason and Plot.We know no reason why Gunpowder TreasonShould ever be forgot.– AnonymousEVERY child in Great Britain...
