By Katherine Stanley, Tico Times Staff
LIBERIA, Guanacaste – In what was probably the first ribbon-cutting ceremony in Costa Rica with potential to spark change not just locally, nationally and internationally, but also galaxy-wide, U.S.-Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang inaugurated his new Ad Astra Rocket Lab here Saturday.
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By José Pablo Ramírez Vindas
of the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Two historic Costa Rican buildings are the winners of this year’s national heritage contest.
The first is the Black Star Line in Limón which figures deeply in the Afro-Caribbean culture there. Built in 1922, the building was and is the headquarters of the United Negro Improvement Association.
The […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Thomas J. Kennedy, the new British ambassador, presented his credentials to President Óscar Arias Sánchez Thursday.
He comes from Bordeaux, France, where he was consul general. He has served in Buenos Aires, too.
His appointment had been announced, and the ceremony Thursday was the last step in taking over the post vacated […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
About 300 Costa Ricans are in war-ravaged Lebanon, the foreign minister told lawmakers Thursday. However, only two citizens have sought help via the honorary consul, Riad Ab El Baki, he said.
The foreign minister, Bruno Stagno, was appearing before the Comisión de Asuntos Internacionales of the Asamblea Legislativa.
He said that a […]
