By Leland Baxter-Neal
Tico Times Staff | lbaxter@ticotimes.net
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Costa Rica of discriminating against Nicaraguan Immigrants, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday.
The suit, filed by the Nicaraguan government in February 2005, accused the Costa Rican government of denying Nicaraguan immigrants their basic rights. The suit was based […]
A recent Unimer poll, quoted by the daily newspaper La Nacion, shows that an overwhelming percentage of Costa Ricans oppose blocking streets during demonstrations. A recent mass demonstration of an estimated 23,000 persons protesting the congressional bill to ratify the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) with the U.S. was peaceful with a carnival atmosphere despite government fears that […]
From The Tico Times
President Oscar Arias recently confirmed plans to meet with Microsoft founder Bill Gates as well as Colombian President Alvaro Uribe during a visit to Colombia March 19.
“I’m going to ask Bill Gates, through his company, to give technical support to our country… because we can’t cast aside technology,” Arias said in a […]
For the fourth game in a row, Alajuela star Rolando Fonseca led his team to victory Sunday afternoon, racing between defenders to score the only goal of the game, this time against La Brujas of Escazu. The win was an important one because none of the other leaders in the First Division advanced a single meter.
Heredia and Saprissa […]
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We had a big week last week. We signed a contract to have a house built on the lot next door, on Thursday, then we went to the bank and the building supplies store to order materials. They arrived on Friday and Saturday. The engineer has the plans now, and in about 2 weeks we […]
by Rod Hughes
Costa Rica’s leading English-language newspaper, The Tico Times, today profiles boyish-looking and unassuming chief of Immigration Mario Zamora and in an exclusive front page story reveals why many are betting that he can overhaul the obsolete and corrupt department he inherited.
Zamora recently drew attention of the paper’s reporters when a Chinese ring of […]
Isabel Guzman is a traffic cop. Young Cindy Cerdas is a San Jose Municipality motor pool mechanic.
They are two of eight women honored Thursday on International Women’s Day for their gender stereotype-breaking jobs in Costa Rica, where the old machismo habits are hard to break. Ask Guzman, for instance. When she first drove a Traffic […]
by Rod Hughes
La Nacion sportswriter Gustavo Jiménez called it a “tsunami.” Three goals Wednesday night flashed past Saprissa goaltender Jose Francisco Porras in four minutes as Saprissa’s defense, which had looked reasonably competent in recent games, collapsed completely before an onslaught led by—but you probably already guessed—Kurt Bernard.
Bernard, last year’s leading scorer, fed a […]
by Rod Hughes from news reports
Apparently, globalization is not just about trade but also about fatty and sugary food.
Some 40% of Costa Rican school-age kids are overweight, a new study by the Autonomous University of Costa Rica (UNA) revealed this week. This figure compares to worrisome ones in the so-called developed countries.
Commenting on […]
The Foreign Ministry is “taking its time” to consider the Venezuelan government’s attention-getting appointment of a new ambassador to Costa Rica, Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno told Radio Monumental yesterday. The appointee is José Huerta, a former ambassador to Paraguay, where his assistant has filed a complaint of sexual harassment against him before that country’s Prosecutor’s […]
