BUSINESS leaders, environmentalists,indigenous groups and representativesof nearly 40 civil organizations this weekcriticized the sluggish progress made byCentral American governments in creatinga long-discussed regional union....
SEVEN Irish Catholics and sevenProtestants, their lives all shaken by the violencethat divides Northern Ireland, recentlycame together in Costa Rica to build a housefor...
IF it’s not the nightmares, it’s the constantdiscovery of new pieces of shrapnelin his body that remind retired reporterNelson Murillo of the bombing he...
AFTER sending a message in a bottle,88 South Americans stranded at seawere rescued Saturday night from anameless ship that sprang a leak nearCosta Rica’s...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco andForeign Trade Minister Manuel Gonzálezlast week signed a decree creating theInvestment and Cooperation Administration,a new government agency that willcoordinate efforts to...
LAST week, legislators voted in favorof applying a fast-track procedure to thetax reforms that have already spent threeyears in the Legislative Assembly (TT,May 27)....
THE Universidad Nacional (UNA)enjoyed the fruits of lengthy constructionefforts this week as it inaugurated twonew buildings at its Omar Dengo campusin Heredia, northwest of...
THIS year’s edition of the “Costa RicaTravel Mart,” known as EXPOTUR –which, as in previous years, filled theHotel Herradura, west of San José, withbuyers,...
RECENT alliances between largemultinational banks and smaller CentralAmerican banks are part of a growingtrend in the region, the daily La Naciónreported this week.GE Consumer...
PEOPLE with disabilities can nowpurchase cars tax-free, thanks to a modificationto the existing tax-exemption law.President Abel Pacheco signed the modificationinto law last month.For the...
