Alajuelense eliminated in the Costa Rican Clausura
By Liga Deportiva Alajuelense tied 2-2 against the reigning champion, Club Sport Herediano, and was eliminated from the semifinals of the 2019 Clausura Championship in Costa Rica with one fixture remaining. Saturday’s match took place in the National Stadium of La Sabana, in San José, because playing at Alajuela’s stadium, Alejandro Morera Soto, was vetoed by […]
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Freed Nicaraguan prisoner tells of torture
One Nicaraguan guard pinned his hand to a table with his knee while another ripped out a nail with a pair of pliers. Opposition supporter Lenin Rojas, recently released from prison to house arrest, says he screamed in pain. The 36-year-old says his cry was heard throughout the El Chipote prison in Nicaragua’s capital, Managua. […]
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Costa Rica celebrates 150 years of free education
Costa Rica on Monday celebrated 150 years of free, obligatory and state-paid education with a ceremony at the Escuela Jesús Jiménez in Cartago. The event celebrated the 150th anniversary of former Costa Rican president Jesús Jiménez Zamora’s administration declaring education for both sexes compulsory in April 1869. That was further ratified by the country’s Constitutions […]
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Processions, Superstition Mark Easter Week
Semana Santa, or Easter Holy Week, is one of the most important events for Costa Rican Catholics, and many centuries of old traditions and beliefs are involved. To prevent curses, people traditionally stopped all kinds of activities from Holy Wednesday through Good Friday. Women cooked everything for the sacred days in advance and reheated meals, […]
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Romans will crucify Jesus in annual Good Friday parades throughout Costa Rica
Practicing Catholics will don their ancient Roman garb to reenact the crucifixion of Jesus in the streets of Costa Rica on Friday. The annual procession is held in towns and cities across the country. The largest and most elaborate parade will start in downtown San José at 10:30 a.m. That procession begins at Parroquia de […]
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Archbishop minimizes fall in reputation of the Church, predicts ‘high participation’ during Holy Week
The archbishop of San José, José Rafael Quirós, downplayed the fall in the reputation of the Catholic Church after turbulent months during which a priest was arrested at the border, an international arrest warrant was issued to another and authorities raided the buildings of the Metropolitan Curia and the Episcopal Conference. The Church sustained the […]
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Applications open for Humanitarian University Grants 2019
For the third year running, grants will be awarded to Nicaraguan refugee students to study at the Latin American University for Science and Technology (ULACIT). Applications are open to any Nicaraguan student with an academic average of 85% and a refugee card issued by the Migration and Immigration Administration. The admissions officers are seeking students […]
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Slothy Sunday: Mom and baby sloth reunited
A few weeks ago the Toucan Rescue Ranch and Saving Sloths Together Release Site team received a phone call. “We found a baby sloth,” they said. We immediately grabbed our emergency box, jumped into the car and went to meet this 450-gram, three-fingered baby sloth. This is the second call we got as a direct […]
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How Costa Rica is affected by US aid
The State Department of the United States says it will cut aid to the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, also known as the Northern Triangle. According to the State Department, US President Donald Trump’s decision impacts approximately $450 million from Fiscal Year 2018. The State Department and the United States Agency for […]
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Slothy Sunday: High-tech backpacks key to saving baby sloths
Long before a teary-eyed Kristen Bellprofessed her love for sloths on daytime television, catapulting the slow-moving creature into Internet superstardom, the sloth may have been one of the most hated creatures on earth. Early European settlers in the Americas couldn’t seem to find anything nice to say about the now-adored mammals, and in early accounts […]
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