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Monthly Archives: March, 2007

Man’s Best Friend? Man and Crocodile Put on One-of-a-Kind Show in Siquirres

“Chito and Poncho are friends,” reads a sign at Finca Las Tilapias, Gilberto Sheedan’s ranch near the Caribbean-slope town of Siquirres. Chito, as Sheedan is...

Poor Planning or Bad Luck?

Costa Rica’s generating capacity was working close to its limit as April began, in large part because of a lack of water from a...

Semana Santa Celebrated with Colorful Traditions

Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week, in Nicaragua is a week of colorful religious tradition, tourism and partying. Most people get vacation days starting April...

Harassment Suit Proceeds with Uncertainty

In the latest development in the sexual harassment complaint against legislator Federico Tinoco by a former aide, the Supreme Court ruled that it is...

Investigation Continues Into Limón Chemical Fire

The Heredia gas station leak isn’t the only public-health threat Costa Rica has suffered because of recent hydrocarbon spills. Last December, a massive fire...

Mask Tradition Flourishes on Volcano’s Slopes

“I don’t make the masks. Barva Volcano throws them at me.” That’s what Carlos Salas, a pioneer of mask-making in Barva, in the mountains...

Vegetable Protections: New CAFTA Battleground?

Opponents of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement (CAFTA) are trying to uproot a bill in the Legislative Assembly intended to promote research and development...

Intel Logs 10 Years Here, Expands in China

At a snazzy party this week celebrating the world’s biggest computer chip manufacturer’s 10th anniversary in Costa Rica, company executives shrugged off concerns that...

Activists Call for Coco Building Moratorium

In the face of blistering development that residents claim leaves them with barely a dribble at the kitchen sink or shower, the Guanacaste Brotherhood...

Children’s Museum Offers Nation’s Youth a Place to Learn

What sits on a breezy hill at Calle 4, Avenida 9, in San José, looking like a cheerfully painted medieval castle in red, white...

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