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Monthly Archives: October, 2013

Hunters ignore Costa Rican ban, kill mother deer, fawn near Carara National Park

Park officials and volunteers found a wounded deer that died during surgery. Her baby was also killed.

Tambor ferry back on schedule

After a month of preventative maintenance, the Tambor II ferry is back to its normal number of trips across Costa Rica's Nicoya Gulf.

Costa Rican cops nab another inmate released early from prison last week

The suspect, who was released early to ease Costa Rica's prison overcrowding, allegedly robbed a man in San José’s Central Park.

NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say

Two Google engineers exploded in profanity when they learned the details of the NSA's MUSCULAR spying program. "I hope you publish this," one of them said.

What are a bunch of spoiled Canadian brats doing in Guatemala?

The “no shorts, no cleavage” rule might be an indication that "The Project: Guatemala" is not your average reality TV show.

Costa Rican journalist calls for re-examination of CIA-Contra drug links, DEA agent’s murder

Lafitte Fernández claims that in the 1980s, the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan went into league with the largest drug traffickers of the era to ship copious quantities of cocaine through Costa Rica and El Salvador to the United States to help support the Contras.

Condé Nast Traveler ranks 9 Costa Rican resorts in top 15 in all of Central and South America

The top three spots were all won by Costa Rican properties.

Costa Rica denies claim by Sea Shepherd’s Paul Watson that Interpol Red Notice ‘has been dropped’

In a Thursday post on his Facebook, conservationist and founder of Sea Shepherd Paul Watson said an Interpol red alert issued by Costa Rica, which prompted his arrest in Germany in May 2012, has been dropped. A spokeswoman for Costa Rica's judicial system, which is handling Watson's case, denied Watson's statement, saying, "Everything remains the same."

A new library arrives in Naranjo

Sleek new facility boasts 6,600 titles.

Biracial Costa Ricans worse off than black Ticos, says UNPD report

Fewer than 10 percent of Ticos with one white and one black parent attend university, compared to more than 17 percent of self-identified black Costa Ricans.

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