Claims family patriarch never known during six month stay ALAJUELA — A French exchange student is appealing the ruling of a Costa Rican judge to pay five months of back-rent to the Aguilar family, claiming she was a victim of “cultural trickery” and an incomprehensible Tiquismo. Susanne LeBlanc, a sophomore from Bordeaux, lived with the Aguilar family…
This week’s M.O.T.W. is a familiar face: Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla. Chinchilla is 54 and lives in Rohrmoser with Óscar Arias’s parents. After four exhausting years of covering shit up, she is looking forward to watching someone else “give it a go.” In her spare time she enjoys borrowing money and unquestionably accepting invitations to…
“Gleaming razor wire will be my legacy”: Chinchilla HATILLO – In a last gasp effort to save face for an otherwise abhorrent administration, Laura Chinchilla plucked at the heart strings of Costa Ricans this week by providing glistening coils of razor wire for all national households. “My presidency has focused on security from start to…
Top two candidates proposed change as both big Denver Broncos fans SAN JOSE – The Supreme Elections Tribunal held an emergency press conference yesterday to announce that Costa Rica’s Presidential elections will be pushed back a week to avoid a scheduling conflict with the National Football League’s Super Bowl XLVIII. Luis Antonio Sobrado, President of…
“It gohn b wun a da ottist chows Cahsta Rika Eva Sein” PALMARES – Jamaican born rapper Sean Paul assured his Costa Rican fans this morning that he will not sing one single intelligible word during his concert Sunday to close the annual Palmares festival. “Ai dohnt gut no planz 2 sai nuttin da pipple…
Sober partygoers discover standing in a field isn’t fun and that town, bands suck PALMARES — Partiers received the shock of a lifetime this week when they arrived in the town of Palmares to learn that the 2014 edition of Costa Rica’s biggest fiesta would be sponsored by Kaiser, the country’s non-alcoholic beer. The January event —…
Sea Shepherd Paul Watson among those in uproar over attack JACO BEACH – A dream surf vacation went tragically wrong for U.S. resident Andy Newberry last week when the Jersey Shore native mauled a bull shark in Costa Rican waters. In his first trip to Costa Rica, Newberry, an avid traveler and surfer, hit the…
Couldn’t deceive customers anymore with the overused expression PLAZA VIQUEZ – Oscar Morales, a 20-year veteran of the Plaza Viquez feria in San Jose, finally cracked last week when he bravely became the first vendor in Costa Rican history to use the phrase “Solo mas o menos” when trying to entice customers to his onion cart.…
This week’s M.O.T.W. is Costa Rican presidential candidate Luis Guillermo Solis. Solis is from Montes de Oca and is getting absolutely demolished in the Presidential polls despite being by far the most educated. Solis was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Michigan while leading candidate Johnny Araya can neither spell Fulbright nor Michigan, which…
Repeatedly said “Estoy embarazada” after spilling Lizano sauce in restaurant MANUEL ANTONIO – An unfortunate miscommunication disrupted Peggy Morris’s holiday vacation when she was rushed to Hospital Monseñor Sanabria in Puntarenas after confusing the Spanish words pregnant and embarrassed at the Barba Roja Restaurant in Manuel Antonio. While enjoying a sunset dinner at the popular tourist restaurant,…
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