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Morris: Costa Rica headed for four-way showdown

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:24:20 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com By Kenneth Morris, ICR columnist With some 40 percent of Ticos telling pollsters that they’re still undecided about this Sunday’s presidential election, nobody knows who will win. These nobodies include me. However, I can tell you that it’s now a four-way race. Luis Guillermo Solís of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) […]

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Kenneth Morris: A Cautious Endorsement of Chema

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 07:29:56 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com Editor’s note: Inside Costa Rica never makes political endorsements, though opinion columnists are free to express themselves how they wish. We encourage all readers (especially those of you who can vote) to come to your own conclusions. Don’t agree with the views here? Send a letter to the editor at editor@insidecostarica.com […]

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Kenneth Morris: The House on the Hill

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:00:15 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com The view from the hotel in Pérez Zeledón was picturesque—at least if it wasn’t assessed too critically. Lush green hills rolled into leafy valleys filled with small sturdy houses surrounded by colorful wildflowers, all set against a backdrop of majestic mountains jutting upward into a dramatic cloud-decorated sky. It was […]

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In defense of Costa Rica’s universities

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 07:00:24 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com January 6th, 2014 – According to a few pages in a long recent report on the state of education in Costa Rica, there is a growing mismatch between the fields that university students major in and the job opportunities available to them. Specifically, more students are majoring in education and social […]

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Women’s rights in Costa Rica – sexism masquerading as feminism?

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:01:38 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com Feminism is generally understood to follow one of two different models, often called the US and the European models. Costa Rica primarily embraces the European model. The US model emphasizes equal rights for women, and thus champions causes like equal pay for equal work, equal access to credit, and an equal […]

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Santa Ana’s Suburban Urban Vision

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 07:00:43 +0000

Email this page www.InsideCostaRica.com Santa Ana is a charming town on the western outskirts of San José. However, most places with a Santa Ana address aren’t actually in Santa Ana, and they aren’t charming. President Laura Chinchilla’s condominium for example bears a Santa Ana address. In reality, it’s a gated community on a highway a […]

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