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Beach Land Occupants in Costa Rica Are Renters, Not Owners

Dear Tico Times: Your recent front-page article Property Owners Reeling from Tax Sticker Shock (TT, Dec. 14) is very deceptive in characterizing Maritime...

Certified Coffee Makes Inroads

FINCA EL RECREO, MATAGALPA – Strange, really. No snake bites. No amputees from machete accidents. No injuries from drunken fights. Zero malaria. It’s a wonder...

Costa Rica Says Hello to China, Goodbye Taiwan

It was on a rainy June night that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias dropped a bombshell: Costa Rica was switching diplomatic relations from Taiwan...

Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega Shook Up Politics as Usual

The return of President Daniel Ortega started off the year with most Nicaraguans feeling optimistic about change and giving the Sandinista leader the benefit...

Gritería Festival in Nicaragua: History, Culture, and Debate

Nicaragua's traditional “gritería” (Shout), celebrated every Dec. 7 in honor of the Immaculate Conception, marked its 150th anniversary last week amid debate over the...

Costa Rica Property Owners Reeling From Tax Sticker Shock

The beaches of Malpaís were just another slice of paradise – until the tax bill arrived. Catherine and Michael Wood, U.S. citizens who first...

Afro – Costa Rican Women Tackle Invisibility

Karla Samuels, 20, has no shortage of examples of what it’s like to be an “invisible” visible minority. A second-year student of sociology at the...

Damaged Mangroves Can be Replanted Easily

It breaks a tree-hugger’s heart to read about the devastation that Hurricane Felix caused in Nicaragua. But as The Nica Times Nov. 16 Perspective...

Costa Rica to Require Yellow Fever Vaccine

As of this week, Costa Rica now requires that tourists from 18 countries in South America and Africa have an international certificate proving they...

Costa Rica Coffee Farm a 118-Year Family Tradition

MELLIZAS, Southern Zone – The fire in the 100-year-old roaster is still burning as Roberto Montero scoops up a cupful of beans from the...

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