UNA
Here´s UNA, the national university with a main campus here in Heredia. This is just up the hill from fast food alley on the road into town. With the university right here, there´s a large, young population which is nice. Notice the large ¨No al TLC¨ sign on the building. The universities here are one of the major voices against ratifying the CAFTA treaty with the US. Even though there were a couple large, mainly peaceful protests around the country last week (with traffic stopped on highways on government offices closed) against the trade agreement, it will probably be approved.
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Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong tech... [read more]
Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong tech... [read more] Blog: The people in our neighborhood
Date: October 30th 2006
Just when you’d thought we’d given up on the blog… (key suspenseful theme music, crash of thunder… but no ear-piercing shreiks, please.) First of all, Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is not celebrated here in Costa Rica, except by ex-pats and a handful of gringo-ized Ticos (Tico is the affectionate term for Costa Rican). We are going to have Thanksgiving dinner at a Tico friend's hou ... read more
Date: October 30th 2006
Just when you’d thought we’d given up on the blog… (key suspenseful theme music, crash of thunder… but no ear-piercing shreiks, please.) First of all, Happy Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is not celebrated here in Costa Rica, except by ex-pats and a handful of gringo-ized Ticos (Tico is the affectionate term for Costa Rican). We are going to have Thanksgiving dinner at a Tico friend's hou ... read more
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