Damage caused by last Saturday’s pre-dawnmagnitude 6.2 earthquake – the worst jolt to hitCosta Rica in more than a decade – promptedPresident Abel Pacheco...
MIRAMAR, Puntarenas – From this townnear the Pacific port city Puntarenas, the Bellavistagold mine looks like a black-tarped water-parkride. An immense expanse of a...
DELEGATES to the 14th Latin American-IberianSummit of Heads of State and Government, held in SanJosé Nov. 19-20, confronted pre-dawn earthquakes,controversy over Cuba, and suggestions...
LEFTISTS and conservatives, seasoned politicos andfresh-faced novices – in a nation where recent scandalshave left the two traditional political parties humiliatedand, according to some...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – TheNicaraguan Attorney General’s Office isthrowing its hands up in frustration thisweek, following a resolution by theComptroller’s Office clearing incarceratedformer President Arnoldo...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – DefenseMinister José Adán Guerra joinedPresident Enrique Bolaños this week incriticizing the new Armament Law, arguingit infringes on the President’s constitutionalauthority as...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – More than50 police, military and volunteerslaunched a massive search this week fortwo tourists who disappeared more than aweek ago while hiking...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – TheNational Assembly this week passed thepolemic Superintendency Law, aimed atincreasing public accountability in thestate’s service sectors of water/sewage,energy, telecommunications and mail.The...
FOR foreign tourists in Costa Rica,finding uniquely Tico Christmas gifts forfriends and family back home is a cinch –coffee, guaro and a gallo pinto...
THE holidays are here as are countlessfestivities that require wardrobe pre-planning.If you don’t want to wear last year’soutfits or one outfit repeatedly throughoutthe season,...
