Though 2006 marked 10 years since the Law for Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities was passed, activists this year continued struggling in their...
A U.S. law gave U.S. authorities more teeth against online gambling enterprises this year as they went after illegal gambling enterprises abroad, including Costa...
As the contentious Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) took effect in the United States, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala...
The rock-bottom relations between Nicaragua and Costa Rica of 2005 improved this year, highlighted by the first meeting in 10 years of the diplomatic...
The concessionaire Sociedad Portuaria de Caldera S.A., a Colombian-Costa Rican venture, took over management of Caldera, the Pacific coast’s main port, in August. Nearly...
After five years of discussion, the controversial tax plan pushed by then-President Abel Pacheco (2002-2006) flopped in March after the Constitutional Chamber of the...
Outgoing President Abel Pacheco boasted economic growth and fiscal stability as he stepped down from the presidency and handed the country’s reins to free-trade...
From Costa Ricans and tourists to expats and politicians, crime was a topic on everybody’s lips this year. Residents in tourist towns, particularly hotspots...
