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Costa Rican Journalist Calls for Re-Examination of CIA-Contra Drug Links, DEA Agent`s Murder

Lafitte Fernández claims that in the 1980s, the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan went into league with the largest drug traffickers of the era to ship copious quantities of cocaine through Costa Rica and El Salvador to the United States to help support the Contras.

(SAN JOSE) - A crusading Costa Rican journalist working in El Salvador has challenged fellow reporters in Costa Rica to get to the bottom of the presence of Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero in Costa Rica in 1985.

Tico journalist Lafitte Fernández claims new evidence suggests Quintero was part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to arm and train Nicaraguan Contra rebels with the proceeds of cocaine trafficking through Central America.

Costa Rica Hotel Surf School Dream Come True for New Owners

Escaping the Rat Race Pays Off

(MAL PAIS, Costa Rica) - Blue Surf Sanctuary, located in Mal　Pais / Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, is more than a destination for vacationers and surfers, it is a sanctuary for its two new owners, Kelly　Parmenter-Eck　and Aaron Moore. It is a sanctuary they want to share with you.

Out of a desire to escape the everyday routine and wanting a simpler life, though being a business owner will keep the daily pace pretty quick,　Parmenter-Eck　said the twosome started researching businesses for sale to see if they could make this dream a reality.