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Film Review: The Green Hornet
Michel Gondry is without a doubt one of the most inventive working directors. However, his unusually perceptive eye to find humanity in the quirkiest details seems to have taken a holiday when he directed The Green Hornet.
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Proud to Live in Costa Rica: A Soldier’s Cry of 21st Century Socialism
A recent speech made in the República of Honduras, during the International Forum "21st Century Socialism & its influence in Latin America."
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4.8 Earthquake Hits Guanacaste, No Damage Reported Yet
According to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI), the earthquake tonight was felt in most of the country and had a magnitude of 4.8 degrees on the Richter scale.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), reported a magnitude of 4.7...
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Theory of Mind
By Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com.As the term is normally used, ‘theory of mind’ refers to “the ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, desires, intents, knowledge, etc.—to others and to understand that others have beliefs, desires and intentions that are different from...
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Gay Rights in Costa Rica: Pura Vida?
One of the most commonly used expressions when talking about Costa Rica is “pura vida.” However, when it comes to being gay in Costa Rica, things are not so nonchalant.
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Film Review: Tron: Legacy
Sam realizes he's the only one who can restore things to their normal state, so he builds himself a team in order to escape the virtual world while fixing his Shakespearean papa problems and looking nice in neon accessories.
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Egypt: The Global Context
What is the meaning of this revolution for developing and developed countries alike? Have national governments and international institutions become secondary to organized social media? Finally, how is the UN, with its vast apparatus, going to respond to these developments?
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Gradual Transition is an Illusion, and Lie
After a fortnight of shilly shallying over the Egyptian crisis, the Obama Administration, having obtained the backing of the feckless Europeans, has come down firmly on the side of “gradual transition.” In other words, Mubarak and his minions will...
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Yosemite of the Mind
I drive through town to the semi-wilderness area just beyond this small city. Though a Friday with spring-like temperatures, college kids haven’t yet begun to stream into the townspeople’s sanctuary, a weekend playground for many of the students.It hasn’t...
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The Fall of the American-Arab Wall
A young Egyptian, his face covered in blood from the blows of security police batons in Mubarak’s police state, shouts with quiet fury but no vengeance: “This is all they have! This is all they have!”Amongst many remarkable things...
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Expo Turismo Showcased New Products and Attractions in Puerto Limón Costa Rica
More than 15 tour operators from the Central Valley and the general public learned about new tourist attractions in...