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U.S. Release of Accused Terrorist Sparks Outcry

President Daniel Ortega this week joined a growing chorus of voices around the world in condemning a U.S. judge’s decision to release on bail...

Murder of Jailed Cops Sparks Prison Riot

GUATEMALA CITY Inmates at Guatemala s maximum-security El Boqueron prison, where four police officers arrested in connection with last week s killings of three...

Child Sponsorship Sparks Misunderstanding

Everyone has seen sponsor-a-child ads – a small, hopeless child, dotted with flies, looks up from the rickety background of the developing world, while...

Tuna-Farm Proposal Sparks Controversy

With officials debating a plan to build the world’s first yellowfin tuna farm at the mouth of the Golfo Dulce – celebrated for its...

Cargo-Transport Fee Sparks Feud with Panama

The conflict over a new electronic vehicle-circulation permit fee that resulted in a Panamanian truckers’ protest at the Costa Rica-Panama border heated up this...

Large Fish Kill Sparks Health Concerns in Panama

PANAMA CITY (EFE) – Several thousand fish and countless shrimp have died this week in two rivers near the Panama Canal, the victims of...

Office Parks Popping Up in Guanacaste

“GO west, young man,” goes HoraceGreeley’s old saying, and that has historicallybeen the adage of firms looking foroffice space in Costa Rica.For the first...

Ruling Sparks Land Debate in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA – A Supreme Courtdecision to uphold a controversial lawallowing foreigners to own coastal propertyin Honduras has rejuvenated an age-olddebate over land rights and...

More Tourists Visit Parks, Rural Sites in 2004

THE number of foreign tourists tovisit Costa Rica’s 155 national parks andprotected areas shot up 27.13% in 2004,for a total of 669,980 tourists, the...

New Phone Book Sparks Contract Dispute

THE 2005 phone books publishedrecently by Verizon do not comply withthe agreement between that company andthe Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE),according to ICE officials,...

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Shipwrecks in Costa Rica Confirmed as Danish Slave Ships from 1710

The National Museum of Denmark has confirmed that two 18th-century shipwrecks in Cahuita National Park, long thought to be pirate ships, are the Danish...

Life as an Expat in Costa Rica: How Coffee, Food, and Health Habits Change

It is early afternoon and I am sipping my fourth cup of coffee. This is nothing unusual, as I average over a liter of...

Pope Francis Laid to Rest in Rome: Who Will Be the Next Pope?

Thousands of people visited Pope Francis' tomb this Sunday, after he was laid to rest in Rome the day before following a massive funeral,...

New Panama Metro Tunnel Under the Canal Aims to Cut Commute Times

Panama has reached a major milestone in its ambitious Metro Line 3 project: the construction of the country's first metro tunnel beneath the Panama...

Costa Rica’s Tortuga Island Coral Garden Revives Reefs

The coral reefs off Tortuga Island in the Gulf of Nicoya are experiencing a remarkable revival, thanks to an innovative coral garden project spearheaded...
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