Forty-five years ago, the Sandinista guerrilla overthrew the Somoza family dictatorship in Nicaragua. Today, President Daniel Ortega, in power for 17 years, faces accusations from opponents and critics of establishing a regime similar to the one he helped defeat. Here are five key points to understand the situation in Nicaragua: […]
Daily Archives: July 20, 2024
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The number of tourists visiting Costa Rica increased by 14.5% in the first half of this year, compared to the same period in 2023, the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) reported this Friday. “From January to June of this year, 1,532,443 tourists visited Costa Rica entering by air, representing an […]
Costa Rica has valuable people, each of them successful in their areas, constant, dedicated,and adventurous as Ashur Youssefi-Dizagetakieh, who is an athlete and physiotherapist. A native of Orosi, Cartago, where he has infinite memories, among them: running through the countryside playing with his friends, family and riding his bicycle freely. […]
I spend much of my time using motion-sensor camera traps to observe the natural behaviors of wildlife in Costa Rica. The thousands of resulting videos need to be reviewed and entered into databases, so I also spend a large portion of my time sitting in my sweaty little office watching […]
QCOSTARICA – The yellow lemons, which are rare and can only be found a few times a year in Costa Rica, are back right now at Automercado. The “limon persa”, as it is known in Costa Rica, fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for […]
The Judicial Investigation Organism (OIJ) announced the arrest of a U.S. citizen, identified by the surname Clinton, 65 years old, for the alleged crime of human trafficking. The Specialized Section on Gender Violence, Trafficking in Persons, and Smuggling of Migrants of the OIJ conducted two raids in San José to […]