by Rod Hughes
President Oscar Arias’s National Liberation Party got a free hand in electing Legislative Assembly officials, thanks in large part to a pass given them when the Social Christian Unity delegation submitted blank ballots. What the conditions Unity extracted from Liberation lawmakers are, of course, unknown.
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by Rod Hughes
The saga of the National Olympic Committee is a humorous microcosm of the struggle for power, no matter how limited and petty that power is, or would be if both warring factions were not taking the situation so seriously. To recapitulate this microdrama, the board of directors voted […]
by Rod Hughes
Speaking before the Legislative Assembly yesterday, President Oscar Arias reassured the nation that he realizes tha citizen’s concerns for their safety in the face of growing crime is “real” and that his administration will treat the threat seriously. Public unrest about crime and the helplessness of the country’s […]
