EVEN for excellent second-languageSpanish speakers, the prospect of discussingblueprints, translating constructionrequirements and deciphering technicaljargon in Spanish can leave any would-behouse builder cold.However, help is...
One Year AgoThe new school year began amidcomplaints that schools throughout thecountry, particularly in rural areas, stilllacked desks, teachers and studentlunches.Representatives of the Municipalityof...
ACCORDING to the National MeteorologicalInstitute, February will offer the perfectweather to warm up a romantic weekend at oneof Costa Rica’s many luxury hotels –...
JAN. 31 is DÃa Nacional de la PoesÃa, orNational Poetry Day. The date commemoratesthe birthday of Jorge Debravo, CostaRica’s best-known poet.Debravo was born Jan....
COSTA Rican Ronny Zamorareturned to his homeland from the UnitedStates in June after serving 27 years in aFlorida prison.In 1977, Zamora – 15 years...
MINISTER of Public Works andTransport Ovidio Pacheco resigned thisweek, citing personal health problemsaggravated by myriad problems in thegovernment agency he headed for barelysix weeks.In...
CARIBBEAN-slope residents, environmentalistsand members of area indigenouscommunities continue to protest theproposed construction of a hydroelectricdam on the Pacuare River, claiming theproject will foment death...
WHILE some Costa Rican farmers arepanicking about possible internationalfree-trade agreements, and others are sufferingfrom the global coffee crisis, agrowing number of small producers areturning...
THOUGH the long-awaited hospitaldevoted to the care of cancer patients hasbeen postponed without a date for completion,health-care workers in Costa Rica aremoving toward a...
The Miami Open 2024 is heating up as the tournament reaches its climactic stages, with a highly anticipated semifinal match between world number three...