This week’s M.O.T.W. is Denis Echandi of Paraiso, Cartago. Echandi, 56, lives with his younger sister and has a part-time job painting tacos and hamburgers on the exterior walls of sodas around Cartago. He enjoys day drinking until he falls asleep in public and harassing guilas when they walk by him on the street. He thinks he…
Most friends don’t even know his real name, which is Ken BELÉN — A local Costa Rican man born to Taiwanese immigrants is threatening to pack up and move to Taiwan though he’s never actually been there before. Ken Chu, 28, who was born in Belén to Taiwanese immigrants, says his reasons for wanting to…
Most of 2013 winnings went down toilet, lottery organizers say SAN JOSE – Guadelupe Martinez became the latest lottery winner to fall into depression when she learned this week that her anticipated jackpot winnings were lost due to Gordo Navideño’s rampant – and no longer secret – bulimia problem. Martinez, who won the ¢1.2 million Gordo…
This week’s M.O.T.W. is Daniel Smith. Smith, a self-proclaimed ‘Gringo-Tico’ after his 1.5 years in Costa Rica, loves to complain about everything that is different from the U.S. while maintaining no desire to ever return. Having lived in Costa Rica for 18 months illegally, Smith has never made a ‘visa run’ due to his legally…
Also voted candidate most resembling Simpsons Mayor Quimby SAN JOSE – Presidential frontrunner Johnny Araya is unquestionably Costa Rica’s fattest presidential candidate, according to a Unimer poll released this week. A resounding 98% of pollsters found Araya to be the most overfed of the country’s candidates, while also voting the San Jose mayor as the…
Any goals would be considered “Christmas miracle’’ HEREDIA – After zero goals were scored in a hideous display of appalling soccer in the first leg of the championship match between Alajuela’s La Liga and Club Sport Herediano, coaches from both teams promised fans that Sunday’s final will be equally pathetic. “Our only chance of scoring…
UN applauds country for pretending to be aggressive sometimes SAN JOSE – Days after celebrating the 65th anniversary of the abolition of its military, Costa Rica was voted the world’s third most powerful army-less nation, according to a United Nations study. Costa Rica surged ahead in the world rankings this year due to its ferocious…
Dutch visitor wasn’t carrying any bills smaller than 10,000 colones ESCAZU – A Dutch tourist died outside CIMA hospital yesterday when his taxi driver was unable to make correct change for a 10,000 colones bill. Niels Van Vliet, 56, was rushed to the hospital by taxi after experiencing chest pains during a mountain bike excursion in the Central…
Woman to pay 8 million colones for whiplash injury HEREDIA – Tosty Tronaditas delivery truck driver Mario Guttiérrez Gutiérrez was awarded a sum of ¢8,000,000 today on claims that Mariana Vilchez’s obscene cleavage resulted in physical injury. Gutiérrez, who has been out of work three months on disability, said that the low-cut dress worn by…
Social media plagiarism really not paying off for candidate SAN JOSE — For the second time in a month, Costa Rican presidential candidate Otto Guevara is being accused of borrowing words from the Facebook page of an international politician. This time, however, it is likely to prove even more costly for the Movimiento Libertario leader…
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