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Casa Alianza Closes Office, Advocacy Group Departs

The Latin American children’s rights advocacygroup Casa Alianza will close its operationsin Costa Rica next week, drawing the curtain onan award-winning legacy of service...

Kanev Guilty of Giving Drugs to Minors

A new butterfly species unique toCosta Rica’s Southern Zone was presentedas the symbol of the 15th anniversaryof the National Biodiversity Institute(INBio), located in Heredia,...

Former OAS Chief Under House Arrest

CURIOUS citizens and members of the press thisweek swarmed around an apartment complex in VargasAraya, east of San José, where former President MiguelÁngel Rodríguez...

University for Peace: A Dream Come True

The birth of the United Nations-sponsored University for Peace in Costa Rica is the product of visionaries from around the world.

Casa Alianza Director Fired, Countries React to Sex Scandal

The crash of Casa Alianza director BruceHarris continued to reverberate throughCentral America this week, following last weekend’srevelation that the famous children’srights leader was fired...

Golfito Mayor Surrounded by Controversy

THE latest in a string of legal actionsagainst Golfito Mayor Mauricio Alvaradohas resulted in the sentence of a month injail.The court has reduced the...

Truck Drivers Accuse Police of Aggression

POLICE working before dawnWednesday broke up many of the roadblocksthat had paralyzed the country fortwo days, in some cases throwing tear-gasgrenades into the cabs...

Truckers Block Nation’s Highways, Week of Protests Against Vehicle Inspection Firm

Blockaded highways and border crossings,economic losses in the millions, gas stationsrun dry and daily protest marchesdefined a week of public unrest that continuedat press...

Eleven Sea Turtles Saved from Slaughter

Eleven sea turtles nearly met a prematuredeath at the hands of poachersyesterday, but police in the Caribbeanport town of Limón responded to ananonymous call...

Villalobos Brother Remains in Detention

PRESUMED a flight risk, OsvaldoVillalobos, brother of the man who operateda multimillion-dollar high-interest loan operationthat closed in late 2002 after a policeraid, has had...

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Power Outages Scheduled by ICE Across Costa Rica

The Costa Rican Electricity Institute announced that there will be power outages due to a drop in the energy reserve levels of the National...

Turrialba Volcano Cable Car Project Could Transform Costa Rica Tourism

Imagine being able to witness the breathtaking beauty of the Turrialba Volcano from above in a cable car. This may soon become a reality,...

Learning Costa Rican Slang: Spanish Lessons from Rural Costa Rica

I still remember my introduction to Spanish as spoken in rural Costa Rica. I had a good, but inflexible vocabulary, with one word in...

Panama Elects Mulino: A Shift Towards Authoritarianism?

Right-wing lawyer José Raúl Mulino, who won Sunday's presidential election in Panama, promised to take measures "without fear" to restore the economy and end...

President Chaves’ Legislative Address: A Tale of Two Costa Ricas

President Rodrigo Chaves delivered a speech before the Legislative Assembly and the people of Costa Rica. This is a customary address where the head...
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