Archive for the 'Costa Rica News' Category

Gov’t Cautious about Venezuelan Aid Offer

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

by Rod Hughes
It is a sign of the Arias Administration’s lukewarm relations with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that the government is treating an offer of $100 million in economic aid as if it were a Trojan horse. But the most enthusiasm Costa Rican ambassador to Nicaragua Antonio Tacsan will allow […]

Comptroller’s Office Denies Education Gets Its Share

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

by Rod Hughes
Fact check: Presidents, when reviewing past accomplishments, tend to paint with a wide, rosy brush. But many times the press picks up a gilded lily but this time it was the Comptroller General’s Office that blew the whistle on one statement of President Oscar Arias’s State of the […]

Weird Weather Blamed for Crop Losses

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

by Rod Hughes
Apparently, Mother Nature is throwing curves at Costa Rican meteorologists. Weathermen predicted that rains would begin earlier this year, in April instead of May. And they did, for about three or four days in mid-April. Then the sun came out and stayed out.
The […]