GAS prices are cents away from the$60-per-barrel mark that would promptthe implementation of government restrictionson driving in San José and newwork schedules for public...
U.S. President George W. Bush sent thecontroversial Central American Free-TradeAgreement with the United States (CAFTA)to the U.S. Congress yesterday. Meanwhile,a dispute about whether individual...
ENVIRONMENTALISTS and amining company this week fought a verbaltug-of-war as an ecological associationclaimed Metales Procesados M.R.W, S.A.,the company that owns the Bellavista openpitgold mine,...
OFFICIALS have confirmed that aset of teeth found among the remains of ahuman body in Tamarindo, a beach townin the northwestern province ofGuanacaste, belong...
THE Constitutional Chamber of theSupreme Court (Sala IV) on Thursday isexpected to begin a review of threemotions of unconstitutionality filedagainst President Abel Pacheco and...
AFTER a Costa Rican police officerkilled three diplomats at the Chileanembassy last week and took his own lifelast week, officials this week announcedthat Chilean...
After more than three months, the“indefinite” stay of 120 campesinos in theMetropolitan Cathedral in downtown SanJosé may soon end.The campesinos plan to return tomorrowto...
THE Dalai Lama plans to visit CostaRica in late September, and speak to thecountry’s religious and political leadersand hold public talks with names such...
THE U.S. Embassy in San José issueda strong warning last week when it declaredthe San José shopping center and popularnightclub hotspot El Pueblo off-limitsto...
FROM aiding campesinos in land disputesto fighting for fair bus prices, formerOmbudsman José Manuel Echandi’sactions brought him a sort of superhero statusamong some Costa...
