The exchange rate has hit its lowest mark in three years due to a weak U.S. dollar. Though a moderate U.S. recovery is expected, when the exchange rate will rise again is anybody's guess.
Former Costa Rican President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and several others received prison sentences Wednesday. Meanwhile, José Antonio Lobo, who received immunity for testifying against Rodríguez and the other defendants, boarded a plane and fled the country.
After 25 years in the graphic design industry, Costa Rican Oscar Líos moved from the capital to Guanacaste’s beaches and reinvented himself as an artist and musician.
Judge bans former Costa Rican president from serving in public office for 12 years. Rodríguez is second ex-president to receive prison sentence since 2009.
