Costa Rica: Layoffs at La Nación Newspaper
Costa Rica
Costa Rica's most important newspaper La Nación is facing economic problems and recently announced that 25 employees would be laid off writes Fusil de Chispas [es]
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Costa Rica's most important newspaper La Nación is facing economic problems and recently announced that 25 employees would be laid off writes Fusil de Chispas [es]
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A less noticed sign of media troubles in Costa Rica: A couple weeks before La Nación made its announcement, The Beach Times , an English-language weekly based in Guanacaste, shut down after five years of very solid local and national reporting. English language media, which has a long tradition in Costa Rica, is particularly vulnerable if tourism continues to drop as well.
Does anyone know whether The Guanacaste Journal is still alive?