COSTA Rica lost a dedicated peaceand human-rights worker and teacher onJuly 11 with the passing of Erna CastroSteinvorth. Castro taught for nearly 20years at...
AN ambitious and beautifully wroughtpresentation of Giacomo Puccini’s opera“Madama Butterfly” opened at San José’sNational Theater last week.Two casts, one a mixed internationaland Costa Rican...
THE General Culture Administrationis offering the opportunity fornine emerging artists to exhibit theirworks in the lobby gallery of Teatro1887 in San José. Each artist’s...
INSPIRATIONAL singer andcomposer Ahria will give a concertSunday at Unity Church in Piedadesde Santa Ana,southwest of SanJosé, to benefit TheBridge, a nonprofitorganization basedin Puerto...
I had a prettynervous night lastSaturday when weheard on the televisionnews channelthat the boatKingfisher had notreturned from afishing trip. That isthe name of the...
(Part one in a two-part series on improving and repopulating San José.)When government officials announced planson Wednesday to change some bus routes andrepave a...
IT’S official: U.S. President George W. Bush signedthe Central American Free-Trade Agreement with theUnited States (CAFTA) into law on Tuesday, meaningthat the agreement will...
• EverardoRodríguez, formerpresidential pre-candidatefor the SocialChristian Unity Party(PUSC), has left theparty and joined formerOmbudsmanJosé Manuel Echandiin the National UnionParty (PUN). Theparty seems to have...
GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) – Thousandsof former members of Guatemala’snow-defunct Civilian Self-Defense Patrols,or PAC, this week threatened to strike andobstruct roads if the government fails...
