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President to Stop Sending Costa Ricans to Controversial U.S. Military Training School

President Oscar Arias this week decided to make Costa Rica the fourth Latin American country to stop sending trainees to an infamous U.S. Army...

Arbitration Case Resonates Here

The first international arbitration case under the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA), in which a U.S. railroad company is accusing...

U.S. Trade Pact Debated, Touted, Protested

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...

Commission Approves CAFTA

As protestors held a vigil outside, the Legislative Assembly’s nine-member International Affairs Commission approved the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA)...

U.S. Trade Pact Opponents Take to Streets

Two days of protests against the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) this week brought together massive, diverse crowds in demonstrations...

Thousands Protest Labor Rulings

If William Siles, a 44-year-old father of six, leaves his job as a heavy-equipment operator with an extra-large severance payment, thanks to his union’s...

The Times They Were A-Changing in C.R.

When The Tico Times resumed publication on Feb. 4, 1972 after a 12-year hiatus, its mission was the same, but its scope was suddenly...

Wal-Mart Controls Tico Supermarkets

The world’s biggest retailer, arguably as famous for the controversy it generates as for its rock-bottom prices, became the owner of most of Costa...

El Salvador Enters CAFTA, Nicaragua Eyes April

GRANADA, Nicaragua – El Salvador’s Minister of the Economy, Yolanda de Gavidia, told The Nica Times this week that El Salvador had not ceded...

CAFTA Ratified, Start Date Uncertain

DESPITE stiff opposition and sometimes-violent protests, the free-trade agreement between the United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic (CAFTA) was ratified this year...

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Vaping Surge in Costa Rica Alarms Health Authorities

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) reports an alarming increase in health disorders associated with vaping. According to official data, registered cases in...

Guess who is accused of Costa Rica’s ongoing water crisis?

Most of the water supply problems faced by the country are the responsibility of the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewerage (AyA). A...

Costa Rica, UAE Sign Economic Partnership Agreement

Costa Rica and the United Arab Emirates signed an Economic Partnership Agreement on Trade and Investment. The Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica,...

Costa Rica Wildlife – I Finally Saw a Baird’s Tapir

In Costa Rica, a land of mostly small creatures, a giant lurks in the shadows. Costa Rica is not Africa, where a huge number...

Panama Papers Lawyers Face 12-Year Prison Sentence

The Panamanian prosecutor's office asked on Wednesday for 12 years in prison, the maximum penalty for money laundering, for Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca,...
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