Ex-NASA Astronaut Builds Space Trash Haulers Nov 20, 2009
Costa Rican company builds powerful rocket ... It sounds stranger than science fiction, but the aerospace field has taken note of this Costa Rican-American s work ... The US bans imports of Costa Rican shrimp over failure to protect endangered turtles. (Newsmax)
Van Grouw Serves Mission to Costa Rica Aug 11, 2009
While there, the team also had time to learn about Costa Rican culture and do a little traveling around the country and out to the beaches ... A local woman also taught the team how to cook some Costa Rican food. (Gobulldogs.com)
Zelaya Prepares Return To Honduras As Talks Stall Jul 20, 2009
Zelaya accused his opponents of "making a mockery" of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias' attempts to mediate an agreement and called for stronger international pressure on the government of Roberto Micheletti, the interim president sworn in by Honduras' congress after a June 28 coup. Singling out the United States repeatedly, Zelaya said the international community risks tacitly endorsing the putsch if it does not confront the interim government that abducted and deposed him at gunpoint. (KIRO TV, WA)
Palin: Letterman owes apology to young women Jun 16, 2009
TODAYJune 15: TODAYs Al Roker talks to reality TV stars Heidi and Spencer Pratt about their time in a Costa Rican jungle on Im a Celebrity. Get Me Out of Here. (MSNBC -- News)
Entertainment Weekly's Picks of the Week Jun 1, 2009
"I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" season premiere (Monday, NBC, 8 p.m. ET) Stephen Baldwin, Janice Dickinson, Sanjaya Malakar and seven other D-listers abandoned in a remote Costa Rican jungle: dream come true. More like a reboot of the 2003 celebrity reality show. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Why Can't Black Women and White Women Talk To One Another? May 28, 2009
My best friends mother is Costa Rican and Jamaican, and her dad came to the states from Italy in his 20s. It wasnt until we were about to enter junior high that our racial identity seemed to matter. (Slate)
GHS foreign language students snag top ratings May 23, 2009
One group, which included Kenton Butcher, Jessica Boyce and Nicole Stephan, designed and built a Costa Rican oxcart. It s about 4 1/2 feet by 3 1/2 feet, Kenton said. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Mel Gibson: Philandering Fundamentalist? Apr 17, 2009
There's the , whose wife of 28 years filed for divorce Monday, who was spotted frolicking with a blonde woman on his $26 million Costa Rican ranch Tuesday, who may or may not be engaged in an affair with. Then there's the traditionalist Catholic who funneled $42 million into building Malibu's Church of the Holy Family, who has talked extensively about his belief in pre-Vatican II values, who, during his 2006 DUI arrest, famously ranted, "Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.". (ABC News)
Central American leaders ask U.S. to slow deportations Mar 30, 2009
"These meetings are a first and important step toward a new day for relations and the development of a partnership between the countries and peoples of the hemisphere," Biden said in an article published Friday in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion. Mexico is receiving most of the U.S. attention to Latin America, with visits from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and even Obama himself, who plans to stop on his... (Insight on the News)
Letter from Europe Mar 14, 2009
Manuel Salazar, a Costa Rican who heads the employment sector at the International Labor Organization, was also blunt about the effects of crisis on Africa. "It is very clear that the crisis will reverse the modest gains," he said. (International Herald Tribune)
Victory parade turns to stroll Feb 15, 2009
Costa Rican midfielder Carlos Hernandez, who returned to Australia yesterday morning after World Cup duty in Central America midweek, inspired Melbourne's win. He scored one goal and created two others before being substituted on the hour with the Victory's mission accomplished. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Vidmar sick of whingeing Merrick Feb 14, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. ADELAIDE United coach Aurelio Vidmar bit back angrily at his counterpart, Ernie Merrick, on the eve of the A-League major semi-final second leg, saying the Melbourne Victory coach whinged "like a kid asking for a new toy". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
