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Public Workers To Take To The Streets Tomorrow
It is best to consider alternate routes if you must travel through downtown San José tomorrow, as public sector unions march in a day of protest. Photo from archives


Not Ready For Prime Time!
While not able to put an exact date on it, it seems to me four perhaps five years now that we have talked about the values of competition and that Costa Rica is ready for it. We are a country of education, innovation and of the knowledge worker.



Guess What: Platina Bridge Surface Failing
Like one of those boring standing jokes on a TV sitcom series, the "platina" bridge over the Virilla River has popped up in the news again. The repair didn't hold... What else is new?



Taxi and Bus Drivers in Protest March Today
Don't be too surprised to be able to hail a cab or having to wait much longer than normal for a bus or get stuck in traffic gridlock today, as taxi and bus drivers take to the streets in protest today. Tomorrow, public workers will do the same.



Homeless Man Makes La Sabana Park His Home
The Parque Metropolitano La Sabana or more commonly known La Sabana is visited daily by Costa Ricans wanting to escape the concrete jungle surrounding the park. On weekends, the park converts into a one giant sports and recreation complex for thousands.



MEP Seeks To Avoid Drop-Outs
Although the numbers of drop-outs, students who don't make it back to classes after the mid-year break, the Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP) is taking steps to avoid even more.



Costa Rica Beware, Space Tourism Now Possible
• Take a Space Flight to the Moon for $155 Million
Now, not being a rocket scientist won't disqualify you from boarding a space shuttle.



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ENTERTAINMENT
Topless artist on Thailand's Got Talent sparks outrage by painting on canvas using her bare breasts
Thailand's Got Talent has sparked outrage after one of its contestants stripped off her clothes on stage and painted a canvas using her bare breasts. Duangjai Jansauoni's racy routine drew gasps from the crowd, and has prompted a rebuke from the nation's government who labeled it 'very shocking'.



NEWS OF THE FUTURE
First Hotel on the Moon Finally Opens
August 23, 2025 - Today a new chapter in space tourism was written. Rod Markham and his wife-to-be Susan Millster arrived safely to the moon to spend 5 days as the first guests at the Starbright Hotel that was set up for this purpose two years ago.


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Panama Canal expansion boosts the country’s economy to No 1 spot in Latin America
The expansion of the world famous Panama Canal is helping the country’s economy expand more than other states in the Latin American region.


COLOMBIA
Drug Meeting Spotlight on Peru’s Cocaine Problem
Peru’s struggle with a resurgent cocaine trade is in the spotlight as it hosts nearly 60 nations in conference on illicit drugs beginning Monday.
 
 
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Costa Rica Not Only For Adventure Junkies
Gliding weightlessly through a white tunnel with the view obscured by a soft, billowing mist must surely be what it feels like to die.

 
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LIFESTYLE
Can You Ever Be Friends With Your Ex?
• Does it have to be all-or-nothing?
In most relationships, the time to say goodbye usually arrives at one point or another -- unless you never intend to walk down the aisle, of course (and even then...).
 
 

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