by Rod Hughes
As we reported last week (see blog 1615) the Costa Rican foreign ministry continues to push for calm in the dispute between Colombia and Ecuador over the Colombian air strike in Ecuadoran territory against the Marxist FARC guerrillas that killed 24 of the insurgents, including their number two […]
by Rod Hughes
“I submit only to Costa Rican judges and not to some Mexican politician,” Costa Rica’s head prosecutor Francisco Dall’Anese saltily responded to recent criticism by the ex-head of Mexico’s National Action Party (PAN) Manuel Espino. The Mexican politico leveled a harsh attack against Dall’Anese’s prosecution of former […]
by Rod Hughes
A sweeping crime bill has entered the traffic jam behind the still-to-be-approved laws relating to CAFTA. The bill includes government confiscation of large fortunes that appear suddenly in bank accounts here and cannot be explained by their owners.
The bill also would impose more […]
February 19, 2008.
All the books said that the Ticos had no sense of time. Well, I figured that meant fashionably late, or perhaps the part about saying they will go tomorrow or next week, then deciding they can’t but seeing no need […]
