Archive for the 'Costa Rica News' Category

CR All-Stars to Play a Troubled Chilean 11

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

The Costa Rican all-stars, the national soccer team, is on its way to Chile for an exhibition game, flushed with last weekend’s rout of a hapless New Zealand 11 at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium here, by a 4-0 score.
Expectations have been for a much tougher game ahead than the last one—but things have not been going well […]

Scientist Named to High Smithsonian Position

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

Cristian Samper, a Costa Rican-Colombian expert in biodiversity, has been named internal general director of Smithsonian Institution, according to the daily La Nacion.
The scientist joins one of the most prestigious scientific and historical organizations in the world, which operates some 20 museums worldwide as well as the Washington D.C. Zoo, the paper reported today.
Samper, 40, […]