The Costa Rican cellular phone market will have two new providers in 2011, regional giants America Móvil and Telefónica. While the entrance of the two providers promises to offer consumers more cell phone options, the Telecommunications Superintendency (SUTEL) hoped for three new competitors.
The Nicaraguan occupancy of the Isla Calero will go before the International Court in January. While Costa Rican officials enter the proceedings confident that Costa Rica will win the case, most aren't considering the alternative: What if the court rules in favor of Nicaragua?
Electric Car Coming Soon
Given this country’s adoration of environmental branding, it was only a matter of time before someone realized that with San José’s...
By looking to make Costa Rica the next Silicon Valley, President Laura Chinchilla is preparing to double the number of technical education high schools in Costa Rica.
For years, seaport watchdogs have decried illegal activity, including shark finning, in Puntarenas because foreign flag ships aren't forced to abide by the law. A new pact between port and fishing authorities and the Minister of Agriculture promises to change that, but will they keep their word?
Some reports show that 30 percent of shark species are endangered, according to the Project AWARE Foundation. Meanwhile Costa Rica remains a shark fishing hot spot.
Geologists disagree that Costa Rica’s new mining code reform will prevent environmental damage. As the price of gold soars, reaching nearly $1,400 per ounce this week, some think that legalizing toxic chemicals to extract the precious metal will only cause a poisonous 21st century gold fever.
An American, identified as Jonathan Alexander Sharp, 41, died Tuesday night at about 11 p.m., in Jacó, Puntarenas.
Sharp was driving an ATV that rolled...
