"We say to PAC: welcome to the biparty banquet". Said the president of PLN, Francisco Antonio Pacheco, on election day, recognizing the good results turned in by PAC and the collapse of PUSC in the legislature.
But this raised some hackles on the other side of the table. Epsy Campbell, current representative and vice-presidential candidate […]
Despite early claims of victory by some PLN officials, and veiled calls for capitulation from Oscar Arias, the ballot counting continues to be close. No winner is expected to be clear until the last tables are counted. In yesterday’s count, Solís won by 9,894 votes, making the overall difference 4,485 in favor of Solís.
37.96% […]
The largest luxury liner in the world, the Queen Mary II will dock in the Pacific port of Caldera on Friday. With 2,600 passengers and 1400 crew, this is the second attempt at docking in Costa Rica for the first time. On January 11th, the ship was scheduled to dock in Limon, but high seas […]
Talk about going into the Lion’s den! The atmosphere in Iran is more charged than ever as yesterday a German newspaper published a caricature of the Iranian players warming up in suicide bomber jackets. The situation was already hot with the US and UN threatening sanctions and rattling sabres. Which of course meant religious leaders […]
Labor Minister Fernando Trejos is filing a complaint over the plans of representative José Francisco Salas, and his twin brother Carlos, both of the Authentic Heredian Party. José Francisco Salas is giving up his post as of Wednesday and will allow his twin brother to take over. This is possible because Carlos was in second […]
