Archive for June 20th, 2006

Costa Rica Closes Worst Performance Ever with 2-1 Loss

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Continuing their slide from decent to poor, the Costa Rican national team lost 2-1 to Poland in a meaningless game for both teams.  Although Costa Rica avoided giving up goals in the first part, and even led for the first time in this World Cup, the weak defense cost them this game too.
In 3 matches […]

Women use chocolate and tourism to save Yorkin

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

By Annette Carter - Special to A.M. Costa Rica
Development experts have a lot to learn from a small group of Indian women deep in the jungles of Talamanca near Costa Rica’s border with Panama.  It is a story of an isolated BriBri village struggling against the modern world, unable to preserve its culture, its language, […]

Arias Comments on Papal Audience

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

By Katherine Stanley - Tico Times Staff
President Oscar Arias, who returned Sunday from his two-week tour of Switzerland, Germany and Italy, met with the press at Casa Presidencial yesterday to discuss his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and other aspects of his trip. During the papal visit, the President voiced his support for contraceptive methods […]