ON my fridge door a magnet declares myfood philosophy in large letters: “Life IsUncertain; Eat Dessert First.” The only restaurateurI ever met who completely...
THE long-overduerain on thenorthern Caribbeancoast finally gothere with avengeance Sunday,with a torrentialdownpour on thenorthern coast raisingthe level of theriver, but the oceanwas still flat...
The Latin American children’s rights advocacygroup Casa Alianza will close its operationsin Costa Rica next week, drawing the curtain onan award-winning legacy of service...
A week after the reelection of U.S. President GeorgeW. Bush gave renewed hope to supporters of the proposedCentral American Free-Trade Agreement (CAFTA), businessleaders in...
THE U.S.-based Gordon and Betty MooreFoundation will donate $8 million to help Costa Rica’sfinancially strained national park system combat poachingand illegal logging on the...
GRANADA – The threat of post-electoralviolence in Granada, coupled withthe Tuesday night assassination of a journalistin the department of Chontales,marred this week’s municipal elections,the...
THE fact thatINS is the onlyinsurance companyin Costa Ricadoes not meanthat INS medicalinsurance is theonly coverageavailable. Othersources of medicalcoverage are:The Internet.Since the popularizationof theInternet...
LEGISLATOR Laura Chinchilla, ofthe National Liberation Party, hasdenounced a proposal to open an armsfactory in Costa Rica, the LegislativeAssembly announced.Chinchilla last week called on...
THE Legislative Assembly approvedthe 2005 national budget in first debateMonday after only one week of discussion,a record in the history of theassembly, the daily...
THE French press and the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commissionturned up the heat this week on Paris basedtelecommunications giant Alcatel,the alleged source of illegal payments...
