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Rain, Wind on Pacific; Steady on Caribbean

ACCORDING to reports from the Pacific coast, wind and rain have pretty much shut down the action there, but the Caribbean is still going...

To Protect Environment, CAFTA Accentuates Need for Change

With the Legislative Assembly’s discussion of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) apparently around the corner, the ongoing debate it...

Kidnapping On the Rise in Costa Rica

IT was closing in on 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 31 when a woman and her husband’s chauffeur were dropped on the streets of San...

Growing Pineapple Industry Elicits Calls for Regulation

(Part two in a two-part series on Costa Rica’s pineapple industry.)THE cha-ching of the pineapple industry cashing in on rocketing export figures strikes a...

Health Services Limited In Indigenous Communities

PUERTO VIEJO, Talamanca – Ten-year-old Alejandro Dorindo runs barefoot down the dense jungle trails leading from his home, nestled deep in the Talamanca mountains,...

Liberation, Unity Name Would-Be Vice-Presidents

• Legislator Laura Chincilla, 46, and lawyer Kevin Casas, 37, will be the first and second vice-presidential candidates, respectively, for the National Liberation Party...

Hiring a Maid: A Look at Costa Rican Labor Laws

MAIDS and their employers are bound by labor laws under the Ministry of Labor. Though some employers sidestep legalities and issues such as health...

Puntarenas: for the Seafood Lover in You

FOR almost 100 years, josefinos (San José residents) have gone west to Puntarenas, on the central Pacific coast, to enjoy fish and seafood that...

Carnaval to Fill Streets of Limón through Oct. 16

REGGAE, calypso, karaoke, dancing and parades will fill the streets of the Caribbean port city of Limón today as the city kicks off its...

Tico Junior Surf Team Competes

AFTER four months of biweekly training under the watchful eye of coach Álvaro Solano, the two-time Costa Rican National Surf Champion (2004-05), eight young...

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