If your ship didn’t come in this year, don’t despair. There’s always next year – and the eve of a new year might be just the time to practice some of the magical rituals handed down through generations in Costa Rican Traditions to give your luck a little boost. Here […]
Monthly Archives: December 2023
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The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, inaugurated this Friday the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (CIIT) train, one of the last emblematic works of his Government and with which he hopes to unite the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic to compete commercially. with the Panama Canal. […]
Costa Rican legislators are urgently working to address the alarming proliferation of heavy firearms now circulating through criminal elements across the country. Members of the influential Security and Drug Trafficking Commission characterize current regulations around arms possession and use as dangerously weak. Legislators Gloria Navas and Gilberth Jiménez co-sponsored comprehensive […]
New Year is nearly here and that means a whole new list of resolutions. New Year always feels like a new beginning, and hence a lot of opportunities. Everything seems possible! This is also a great time to reflect on the past year, and understand what needs to change in […]
33 Tico volunteers worked on placing the first two wildlife crossings in Punta Cacique, Guanacaste, an initiative that seeks to protect the local wildlife and at the same time reduce the environmental impact resulting from real estate development. In total, the Costa Rican firm will install 15 structures of this […]
Costa Rica’s Weather Rollercoaster: Windy and Wet Finale to the Year As 2023 draws to a close, Costa Rica braces for a meteorological plot twist, courtesy of the ninth cold push from the northern hemisphere. The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) forecasts a gusty performance starting this Saturday night, with an […]
At least thirteen priests have been arrested since December 20 in Nicaragua, including a bishop, amid strong tensions between the Catholic Church and Daniel Ortega’s government, according to human rights activists, opponents and Nicaraguan media outlets in exile. Among those detained are Monsignors Silvio Fonseca, family vicar of the Archdiocese […]
The National Lyric Company (CLN) will bring back an opera production in 2024: “The Magic Flute” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.This magnificent two-act work, with a libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder and music by Mozart, will shine at the National Theater for five performances, from July 21 to 28. With the Benemérita […]
Costa Rican’s love a holiday like everyone else, so New Year’s is certainly no different. The season of celebrating continues throughout the holidays rolling all through Christmas right into the new year relishing in every opportunity to come together and enjoy the simplest pleasures in life. There is a sense […]
More than 55,000 Guatemalans were returned by the United States this year, a record that exceeds that of 2019, when 54,500 were deported, after the last three repatriation flights arrived in the country on Friday, an official source reported. A total of 55,302 Guatemalans were expelled from US soil, 31,267 […]