Submitted by: Sarah Rarick According to a survey by Unimer, deliquency, drug trafficking, and insecurity were cited as the most pressing problems for costa ricans. The general discourse suggests that these problems are entirely new phenomenons here in Costa Rica. However, while drug trafficking and related crime may be unintended consequences of growth, violence against [...]
December 14th, 2009 | Filed under Letters to the Editor | Read More »
JERUSALEM – Costa Rican President Oscar Arias says that peace in the Middle East could create what he calls a “new landscape” for mankind. Arias spoke in Jerusalem on Sunday during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres. Both men are Nobel Peace Prize winners. Arias said he realizes the “most beautiful visions of peace” [...]
November 30th, 2009 | Filed under Costa Rica Headlines | Read More »