The new so-called “mega lab,” part of the company’s research and development arm, will carry out quality control testing on Intel products in development before they move on to manufacturing.
Luis Guillermo Solís kicked off his first trip to the United States as president of Costa Rica Monday by meeting with leaders of Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, California, and announcing one company’s intention to hire hundreds more Ticos.
According to the Traffic Police, 53 motorcyclists died in traffic accidents in Costa Rica during the first five months of 2014, an increase of 19 deaths – or 56 percent – over the same period last year.
Police caught the Gringo with the last name Kelarakus minutes after he allegedly broke a car window and stole a laptop computer and other items at the popular tourist beach on Tuesday.
The restaurant is now a fixture at Avenida Escazú, as is its satellite location in Malpaís, on the Nicoya Peninsula. The trio is now cultivating a third restaurant in Santa Ana, along with even bigger plans: They want to open Product C restaurants across Costa Rica and turn the restaurant into an international franchise.
Lawmakers on Monday evening voted to extend permission to the U.S. Coast Guard to participate in joint drug patrols in Costa Rican waters and to dock in the country's ports.
Roberto Echeverría had a bad start to his weekend. Friday evening, Echeverría's car was stolen along with his iPhone 5S still inside. He could have thrown his hands up and filed a police report the next day but instead he booted up his find phone app and took to Twitter.
Border Police over the weekend conducted 25 operations along Costa Rica's northern border with Nicaragua, confiscating approximately ₡10 million ($18,000) in contraband from smugglers.
