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Juan Santamaría Museum Reopens

Alajuela’s centerpiece, the JuanSantamaríaMuseum, has reopened its doors after taking four years to expand and restore. Facing the Central Park of this northwestern Central Valley...

Truth Commission Starts Investigating in Honduras

  Eleven months after former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was ousted by a military coup, a truth commission led by the Organization of American States...

Ortega Accuses EU of Trying to Recolonize Region

As talks sputter between the EU and Central America, President Daniel Ortega made this month's final negotiation round on the pending association agreement seem...

Opposition Parties Ask OAS to Help Save Nicaragua

Four opposition political parties banded together last week to send a letter to the Organization of American States (OAS) asking the regional body to...

Ortega Gives Bonuses to State Workers

Invoking the image of Jesus, but acting more like Santa Claus, President Daniel Ortega dug into his bag of tricks this week and announced...

CAFTA’s Last Amendment Approved

Sugar producers and free-trade advocates celebrated the Legislative Assembly’s approval of the final piece of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States...

Gold Tempts Developing World

Gold has enticed the world’s populace for centuries. From the pharaohs in Egypt to the forty- niners in California, through the gold standard days to...

Behind the Scenes at the U.S. Consulate

The United States Embassy can often feel impersonal and overly bureaucratic, and for some first-time visitors, stepping through the heavily guarded security room of...

Chinchilla’s Inauguration Set for Saturday

Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe are among the dignitaries who will attend this weekend’s inauguration of Costa Rica’s first female...

Bill to Strengthen Municipalities Signed into Law

Outgoing President Oscar Arias signed a law Tuesday morning that would gradually funnel more of the government’s $18.9 billion annual budget to local governments. The...

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