STUDENTS in 10 schools around theSan José area won’t easily forget theimportance of taking care of Costa Rica’sforests – they’re reminded every time theywalk...
STATUES are apparently good for more than just adding aestheticpleasure to a park, immortalizing a great hero or representinga memorable event. A 20-centimeter black...
IN a laboratory at Earth University, 95 kilometers east of SanJosé, scientists and engineers are cultivating a concoction of 85 differentmicroorganisms, a stew of...
RAFA Fernández needs no introductionin this, his native country. He is toCosta Ricans what Botero is to Colombians:a cultural icon and a source ofnational...
AT the end ofApril, I attendedthe opening ofMangiamo, a newrestaurant in theVía Lindora commercialcenter onthe road betweenSanta Ana and SanAntonio de Belén,west of San...
SAN José’s Hotel 1492 Jade y Oro maybe small, but that doesn’t stop its ownersfrom having big aspirations.General Manager Paulo Vargas recentlyimplemented a quality-control...
MOVE over, Mr. Coffee. Hear thosefootsteps behind you, Chiquita Banana?Young Señorita Piña has edged into thenumber-two spot on the Costa Rican agriculturalexport charts.Though commercial...
FLYING HIGH: The Free Flight Association (ASOVUELI), a club made up ofparaglider and hang-glider pilots, will be hosting the Fiesta Tropical del Aire Aug.6-7...
THE weatherhas been nice andclear on the northernCaribbean coast,with the month’sfirst hard day of rainoccurring Wednesday.The full moonlast weekend causedhigh tides and wavesat the...
Whether it was persuasive textile modificationsor intense lobbying by U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush, last-minute efforts by theBush administration paid off in just enoughvotes to...
