by Rod Hughes
Hail in Costa Rica? Maybe on Cerro de la Muerte, the country’s highest peak, but surely not in spring-like San Jose.
But it happened Wednesday, along with heavy winds that tore down trees and power lines and a lightning show that rivaled any fireworks celebration lit […]
by Rod Hughes
As Tico Times staff writer Peter Krupa wrote last week, the U.S. donation did not look like much, just boxes of twigs with buds on them. But the gift may prove to be insurance to maintain Costa Rica’s multi-million dollar citrus export industry against the plagues that have severely damaged crops in Florida […]
by Rod Hughes
A 34-year-old scandal revolving around a $60,000 donation by foreign businessmen to the National Symphony Orchestra has erupted again after Sunday’s exposé in the nation’s leading daily paper, La Nación. The donation was given to then-President José “Don Pepe” Figueres during his final term in […]
