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Caribbean & Central America - July 2014 (ISSN 1741-4458)

COSTA RICA-NICARAGUA: Unity in adversity

‘Central America with one voice: thank you, Costa Rica.’ This was the most eye-catching headline on 30 June, the day after the Costa Rican national football team defeated Greece in a nail-biting penalty shootout in the Fifa World Cup in Brazil to reach the quarter finals of the tournament for the first time in the country’s history. It was eye-catching because it adorned the front page of none other than Confidencial, a news magazine from neighbouring Nicaragua.

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