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...
• LegislatorGloria Valerín hasbeen asked to leavethe Social ChristianUnity Party (PUSC)by fellow party legislatorand PUSC presidentialcandidateRicardo Toledo.Toledo said Valerínmust stop offendingfellow legislators with her...
HOMEOWNER Iris Herrero washaving trouble renting her Escazú house.The dwelling in the western San José suburbhad sat vacant for several weeks withnary a prospective...
