IN what’s becoming almost a monthly occurrence,thousands of public-sector workers yesterday walked outof their classrooms and offices, stepped away from theirloading docks and repair...
Flags are still at half-mast after a Costa Ricanpolice officer on Tuesday afternoon stormed theChilean Embassy in San José with an assaultrifle, killing three...
GRANADA, Nicaragua – Sandinistasecretary general Daniel Ortega this weekrepeated his call for a complete overhaul ofthe country’s political system, shifting awayfrom a presidential model...
GRANADA, Nicaragua — Theinvestment climate in Nicaragua took aturn for the favorable last week when theU.S. government-affiliated OverseasPrivate Investment Corporation (OPIC)concluded a new bilateral...
THE Flamingo Marina will reopen.It’s just a matter of time.However, what happens between nowand then is in the hands of various governmentministries, the Municipality...
NEW (and old) transportation linksmake Flamingo and Potrero more accessiblethan ever before.By car: Driving time from San José tothe area is about five hours....
A small army of correspondents – andthis being military-free Costa Rica, “contingent”might be the preferable term –keeps you informed of the goings-on intheir areas...
MARK those calendars for Feb. 4-8,2005.That will be occasion for the “MardiGras in the Sun in Flamingo” celebration,and it promises to be a blowout.The...
HISTORICALLY, they’re CostaRica’s odd couple.One is traditionally a community ofspacious estates and condos; the other,more modest dwellings. One sports awhite-sand beach; the other, gray-sand.One...
LONG-TIME Potrero resident JuneHeesaker remembers the days of shoppingin the 1970s.“A bunch of us would pile into a pickuptruck and drive to Santa Cruz...
