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Sandinistas Pack Plaza for July 19 Rally

First in a two-part series on the FSLN's minority "majority"   MANAGUA – Since winning the presidential elections with a rawboned 38 percent of the votes...

Ancient Burial Site Unearthed

A team of archaeologists has uncovered a rare and important time capsule on private property in the Costa Rican town of Tres Ríos, just...

Getting a Handle on Gun Control

IN THE NEWS   4‘First Man’ Rico Recovering   The president’s husband, José María Rico, was being cared for at home this week after he was airlifted by...

A Head Start For Tico Kids

Floribeth Umaña balanced a baby girl on her hip as she helped stack a tower of LEGOs with a 7-year-old and fielded questions from...

Vanilla, Water Make For Sweet Repellent

As mosquito bites and the fear of catching dengue fever rise during Costa Rica’s rainy season, Paul Meister, a resident of the central Pacific...

Basketball Shoots to Become Second Sport

Midway through the first quarter on a rainy Tuesday night in Heredia, north of San José, forward Rohel Wilson of Ferreteria Brenes Barva split...

Numberless Buildings Have Days Numbered

Justo Velásquez often watches tourists walk around the block several times before they find what they are looking for. The 47-year-old doorman at Hotel Don...

Chinchilla Earns Good-To-Middling Approval Rating

Laura Chinchilla’s two-month track record as Costa Rican president has earned her a 64 percent approval rating, according to CID-Gallup, not quite as high...

Chinchilla Signs Waste Management Law

Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and Health Minister María Luisa Avila signed the new Integral Waste Management Law Thursday. “We now have clear rules for...

‘Grisly’ Mayan Tomb Discovered in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY – The tomb of a ruler of the vanished Mayan city of El Zotz has been discovered in a jungle in Guatemala. Archaeologists...

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