September 13th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Peñas Blancas border crossing with Nicaragua will be open for only two hours today as a result of the Torch of Liberty being passed to Costa Rica by its northern neighbor as part of the annual celebration marking Central America’s independence.
The border will be open only between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. exclusively for tourists or trailers loaded with perishables, according to Hacienda.
This year, a young student from La Cruz, Abril Morales Ceciliano, will be the first to receive the torch in Costa Rica.
Ceciliano is a 14-year-old student in the eighth grade at the Liceo Experimental Bilingüe de La Cruz who wants to be a neurologist.