Costa Rica

EspañolDiplomatic relations between Venezuela and Costa Rica have strained after Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza accused the Central American government of "assaulting democracy" in his country. Arreaza accused Costa Rica…
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EspañolCosta Rican authorities have discovered 33 secret airstrips along the Pacific coast, where heavy drug seizures have been recently reported. Security Air Surveillance Ministry Director Juan Luis Vargas said during a news…
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EspañolOn Thursday, April 14, at least 700 Cuban immigrants started a hunger strike to put pressure on the Costa Rican government, who will not allow them to cross the Panamanian border on their way to the United States. The…
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EspañolTo mark the forthcoming Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in Costa Rica, the University of Costa Rica (UCR) Student Federation and university authorities have decided to invite three South American…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIsdxeLjfi8 EspañolThe key ingredient necessary for greater tax collection is a growing nation. If you want to generate more revenues, look for ways to foster productive activity, as opposed to squeezing a…
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EspañolOn Saturday morning, the Judicial Investigation Police dismantled a decade-old illegal immigration scheme run by a complex web of criminal networks and local police officers in three northern Costa Rica cities: La Cruz, Liberia and…
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To highlight the challenges associated with simply visiting Canada — not to mention complete immigration — PanAm Post columnist Andrew Woodbury shared the story of Sandy Campos. Now married to a Canadian but living in Costa Rica, she has…
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En medio de una coyuntura nacional que pareciera verse potencialmente favorable para el liberalismo en Costa Rica, el Instituto AMAGI hizo eco de dicha realidad este 22, 23 y 24 de noviembre con su seminario Liberalismo 101. El citadino…
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Ni santas, ni putas. Sólo mujeres. This phrase was seen written on countless posters in Costa Rica’s capital city of San Jose last Friday evening, as protesters took to the streets in a march that in English means “Slut Walk 2.0.” The…
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It was a monumental day in Costa Rican history; a day that was a long time coming but one that no one was sure would actually arrive; a day that demonstrated to the world, and to Costa Ricans themselves, that gender was only a word when…
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EspañolSandy Campos had been dating her boyfriend for a year and a half at the time. With the relationship becoming more serious, he invited her to his home for Christmas. Upon accepting, the only hurdle remaining was the international…
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Costa Rica is well marketed — and thus internationally well known — for its stunning natural beauty. What isn't so well marketed is the ugly undertone of xenophobia that exists in the small but opinionated Central American nation. While…
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