Cocaine Cargo From Costa Rica Prompts Wiretapping

A few weeks ago we posted about Costa Rica slowly but surly becoming the new hub for drug trafficking. Mexican authorities in the port of Mexico’s Puerto Progreso last week found frozen sharks stuffed with 894 kilograms of cocaine. The sharks were unloaded from a ship whose voyage originated at the Costa Rican port of [...]

Costa Rican Blockade in Limon on July 1st

Having recently met with community and labor organizations in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica, we want to alert media about an upcoming standoff that has potential for violence on the one hand, and profound political change on the other. Organizations including ASADA and SITRAP are planning a blockade of access to and from the [...]

Underworld Gambling Film, Leonardo DiCaprio in Costa Rica

Costa Rica productions companies are  no strangers to movies, and have a ton of resumes to prove it –   probably the most well-known film, filmed in the country, was author Michael Crichton best seller thriller, “Congo,” which to me was one of the best books I have ever read.
And Costa Rica is no stranger [...]

Costa Rica Limón – Redevelopment?

Four years ago a few (and only a few) of Limón community leaders sat around a table one evening and talked about the future of their city. They shared dreams of how cool it would be to get their city redeveloped to attract tourist and businesses by restoring buildings, parks and renovated the port.
Last week [...]

Iran, Twitter, My Space, Facebook

While Tehran burns and Neda dies, Obama takes his family for ice cream along with the White House press corps. This is his Katrina … from a Twitter post
Getting ready to Blog and Twit yesterday about Costa Rica, I suddenly found my jaw dropping  at the above Twit. Next thing I knew,  I tracked the [...]