by Rod Hughes
A reminder to the absentminded for March 20 and afterward: Costa Rican cell phones will add an “8″ to the beginning of their numbers while fixed phones will add a “2″ there.
With a huge demand for new lines, Costa Rica has been […]
by Rod Hughes
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias will meet with his Nicaraguan counterpart, Daniel Ortega, twice this week at largely ceremonial events. Although the schedules do not formally include discussions about the diplomatic crisis surrounding Colombia, it is a safe bet that off-the-record conversation will touch on the theme, since […]
by Rod Hughes
Costa Rican sprinter Nery Brenes finished just out of the money at the World Indoor competition in Valencia, Spain, last weekend, an impressive fourth in the 400-meter. His time was 46.65 seconds, two laps around the 200-meter oval.
This was the best performance of […]
by Rod Hughes
Heredia, ambitiously nicknamed “the Team” in Spanish (where the word is a foreign one), seemed somewhat schitzoid in its 2-1 soccer win over a scrappy Liberia. In the first half, “the Team” played like champs, scoring their goals with aplomb against a porous defense.
When […]
