Word: ricas
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...kidnaping incident lasted for barely 29 hours, and took place in a narrow, winding river between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Involved were 29 pacifist Americans and 16 journalists. The incident began when members of Witness for Peace, a group established in North Carolina, set sail from the Nicaraguan town of San Carlos, about 130 miles southeast of the capital, Managua. The group's aim: to travel by boat along the San Juan River, which is hotly contested by contra and Sandinista forces...
Since fleeing the U.S. in 1972, Robert Vesco, 49, has reportedly been in Costa Rica, the Bahamas, Antigua and Nicaragua. Last week Cuban President Fidel Castro confirmed a news report that his country was Vesco's latest host. But Castro ridiculed speculation that the fugitive American financier was being held against his will. Castro told a news conference in Havana that Vesco arrived in Cuba three years ago seeking medical treatment for an unknown ailment. He is wanted in the U.S. in connection with a $224 million fraud case involving Investors Overseas Services Ltd. and for allegedly making an illegal...
Several friends and I plan to go to Costa Rica over spring break; as we tried to sketch out our itinerary, a friend complained that it would be Good Friday when we arrived, which, he felt, would limit our evening plans...
This summer, after a stint as a trip leader for Habitat for Humanity in Costa Rica, Safo traveled to Accra, Ghana, to conduct field research. Hoping to discover how the Ghanian government can improve its public health campaign, Safo sifted through documents, lived with a host family and worked in a health clinic...
...Costa Rica it is a huge business with a lot of sourcing from states like Texas, Florida and California because they have more links to third-world countries,” said Gerardo Con Diaz ’08, who bought pirated movies in his native Costa Rica, “but I actually think there’s almost no problem with bootlegging here in Massachusetts...