The Central American nation of Costa Rica is the world’s best place to flee when trying to escape criminal charges, tax evasion, crippling drug addictions, or overall creepy shit you wouldn’t even write in your own diary, a recent study found. Long considered a refuge for foreigners trying to leave baggage behind and outrun their…
Sun-starved Canucks cause confusion, polar(izing) vortex angst in Nicoya Peninsula MAL PAÍS — As the western hemisphere continues to dig itself out of the pandemic version of a polar vortex, Costa Ricans breathed a sigh of relief this week after what was first thought to be snowfall on a local beach was actually just pasty…
“Read my lips: No New Street Names” José María Figueres, a presidential hopeful for 2022, assured Costa Ricans on Monday that he has no plans to change the country’s highly efficient address system, an announcement celebrated by attendees of the press conference held 80 meters north and 25 meters east of the Musmanni bakery in…
Guapiles honors “Tragateles” for courageous flat-screen robbery heard round the world GUAPILES – Costa Rica’s Cultural Ministry unveiled a 12-foot statue in downtown Guapiles today to honor the woman who valiantly shoved a Sony flat-screen beneath her dress last November and walked straight the Hell out of an M Express electronics store like a superhuman. Tragateles,…
1. La Sele: By far the biggest story in Tiquicia in 2014, and what will likely be the story of the century, was “La Sele,” reaching the quarterfinals in the World Cup and beating the crap out of everyone, including the human biting Uruguayans. The Ticos surged to a world ranking of 16th, their highest…
“I will do anything I can to discourage your votes,” Araya said. “Anything.” SAN JOSE – Presidential candidate Johnny Araya has launched a final self-sabotage campaign to lose as many votes as possible in Sunday’s run-off election, the former mayor of San Jose said yesterday. Araya, who dropped out of the elections last month, held…
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