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CAFTA Ratified, Start Date Uncertain

DESPITE stiff opposition and sometimes-violent protests, the free-trade agreement between the United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA) was ratified this year...

Poll: Costa Rica’s Democracy Struggling

ON Feb. 5, 2006, Costa Ricans will go to the pollsto elect the next President and more than 1,000 otherofficials – but only half...

What’s In a Name? The Origins of Popular Place and Street Names around San José

PASEO de los Estudiantes. Cuesta de Moras. Paseo Colón. Paso de la Vaca. All are place names that stand out among the numbered streets...

Pacheco Clarifies CAFTA Position: Undecided

PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco this week confirmedwhat many supporters of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) havelong suspected: he is undecided...

CAFTA Controversy Continues

THE day after thousands of protestors voicedtheir opposition to the Central American Free-TradeAgreement with the United States (CAFTA) on thestreets of San José, President...

Calm Returns to Belize After Rioting

GUATEMALA CITY (EFE) –Belize’s largest city, Belize City, returnedto calm last weekend after several daysand nights of violent protests linked to adispute over the...

Trade-Pact Opponents Speak Out

IT had all the makings of a classic Costa Rican antitrade-pact march: handmade banners, familiar chantsthrough megaphones, and a giant papier-mâché caterpillarwith sharp fangs...

CAFTA Battles Continue to Heat Up

WITH opposition to the CentralAmerican Free-Trade Agreement with theUnited States (CAFTA) becoming stillmore concerted this week, President AbelPacheco took his strongest pro-CAFTAstance in months,...

Affordable Solar Power – A Hot Idea?

HOW’S the weather out there?Unless an unexpected cold snap hasrolled into Costa Rica since press time, it’shot. The Caribbean is hair-frizzinglyhumid. Guanacaste is an...

Citizens May Vote on CAFTA

WHILE the highly polemic debate over the CentralAmerican Free-Trade Agreement with the United States(CAFTA) has reached legislative hallways, editorialpages, city streets and university classrooms,...

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Panama Faces Uncertain Election Amid Corruption and Crisis

Panama will hold unprecedented elections on Sunday, marked by the challenge to the candidacy of former President Ricardo Martinelli's protégé, the favorite to win...

Guatemala’s Arévalo Slams Corrupt Elite on Labor Day

On Wednesday, the President of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, lashed out at those "who enrich themselves at the expense of the people" in an event...

Surviving a Bus Accident in Costa Rica

My son and daughter’s annual visit was over. We said our goodbyes at the airport and I dropped off the rental car. From the...

Panama’s Roux Vows to End Corruption in Campaign Close

The opposition presidential candidate Rómulo Roux called on Panamanians this Wednesday at a campaign closing event to vote in the May 5 elections to...

Dental tourism, because Medicare doesn’t cover for dental treatment

C. Everett Koop, known for his tenure as U.S. surgeon general during the Reagan administration, was renowned for his pediatric surgery and attention to...
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