U.S. Ambassador Anne S. Andrew finishes four years of service in Costa Rica on Friday. Recently, she sat down with The Tico Times to discuss her accomplishments and U.S. goals in the region.
The Costa Rican Environment Ministry is promoting Environmental Month, in conjunction with an environmental fair in San José, going on through Saturday.
President Laura Chinchilla on Friday denied claims by a Costa Rican woman who worked as an attorney for the biggest money-laundering operation in history and said she was an “advisor” in 2005 to Chinchilla, who was a lawmaker at the time.
Following the dismantling of what U.S. authorities called the biggest money laundering operation in history, Costa Rica and the U.S. acknowledged they need more tools to fight organized crime in the Central American country.
