SOME light reading: The publication,in five volumes, of theCentral American Free-TradeAgreement with the UnitedStates (CAFTA) in the officialgovernment daily La Gacetalast week means it...
A new direct public bus route fromMalpaís, a popular surf destination on thesouthern Nicoya Peninsula, to San José,was inaugurated Nov. 7.From Malpaís, the bus...
IN a decision that Trade MinisterManuel González qualified as “historic” inthe ongoing conflict over Latin Americanbanana exports to Europe, the EuropeanUnion this week made...
AIRPORT operator Alterra Partnershas been ordered to restart the renovationof Juan Santamaría International Airport.The project has been suspended for nearlythree years because of a...
HOTEL Herradura, northwest of SanJosé, home to one of Central America’slargest conference centers, has reopened itsdoors under the name Ramada Plaza Hotel.The change in...
THE land of the howler monkey, sloth and leatherback turtle will be welcoming the giraffe, hippopotamus and rhinoceros to its ecosystem as the first...
PINILLA, Guanacaste – Now it’s a10-hectare seaside plot of chest-high bushes,low, mushrooming trees of the dryGuanacaste savanna and clumps of bristlygrass that crunch underfoot....
I keep thinkingabout the gun. Itwas pretty dark out,but I think it was anine-millimeter. Ikeep thinking aboutthat gun and replayingin my mind themoment when...
TWENTY-first century art has arrivedin force in Costa Rica.From now through January 2006, theGDS Galería in the western San José suburbof Escazú will be...
“WILL it be Tamarindo or Jacó?”Federación de Surf President AntonioPilurzu asked the Avellanas crowd lastSunday before announcing the championof the 2005-06 Circuito Nacional deSurf’s...
