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Cañas-Liberia Highway expansion faces yet another delay

The expansion from two to four lanes of the highway between Cañas and Liberia, Guanacaste, originally scheduled to be ready in May of last year, will take up to six more months past the previous July 2015 deadline set by the Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) earlier this year.

After Scottish independence referendum, could Guanacaste be next?

“The winds of independence blow all the way to ... Guanacaste," wrote Broad Front Party lawmaker Ronald Vargas in an op-ed criticizing the province's secondhand treatment by the central government.

Costa Rica to sign loan with Japan for expansion of geothermal energy projects

A delegation led by President Luis Guillermo Solís on Monday will meet with representatives of the Japanese government to sign a $550 million loan to finance the construction of three geothermal power plants in the northwestern province of Guanacaste.

La Voz de Guanacaste marks holiday with video tribute to beloved northwestern province

To celebrate this year's 190th anniversary of the annexation of the Partido de Nicoya, bilingual community newspaper La Voz de Guanacaste (The Voice of Guanacaste) has put together a musical video tribute based on Guadalupe Urbina's song, "Vengo de una Tierra" ("I Come from a Land").

Transport Ministry says Cañas-Liberia highway expansion will help local businesses, but residents are wary

CAÑAS, Guanacaste – The widening to four lanes of the Inter-American Highway North, from Cañas to Liberia, is moving forward at full pace. A recent visit by The Tico Times to the construction site confirmed that the project already has changed the lives of hundreds of local residents who use the highway daily.
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Costa Rica Receives 135 Deported Migrants Amid Flawed Reception

Costa Rica recently became the latest destination for a group of 135 deported migrants—including 65 minors—from the United States. The flight, which departed from...

American Airlines Adds New Direct Flights to Costa Rica’s Liberia Airport

Guanacaste International Airport (also known as Liberia International Airport), a member of the VINCI Airports network, announced increased operations from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport...

How Central America Turned Into US Deportation Centers

With migrants locked in a hotel where they plead for "help" from windows or in shelters in precarious border zones, Central America, from where...