ALTHOUGH foreigners must bewilling to undergo a meticulous creditinvestigation, it is possible for them toobtain home loans ranging from $700-400,000 at the country’s main...
MANAGUA – Over the last several years, hackneyedtales of Nicaragua’s elusive, yet-to-be-built Pacific coasthighway – or Carretera Costanera – have been based moreon hopeful...
RANDAL Murillo, manager of the Costa RicanConstruction Chamber, summed up his practical and somewhatunenthusiastic prophecy for the year in one sentence:“We don’t foresee big...
INTERESTED in becoming a realestate agent in Costa Rica? You may be infor a few surprises.Legally, the only requirements youneed to become a realtor...
TEGUCIGALPA – Honduras’ hardlinercongressional president and enthusiasticdeath-penalty advocate, Porfirio“Pepe” Lobo, last Sunday won the candidacyfor the ruling National Party’s 2005presidential ticket in the upcomingNovember...
PANAMA CITY (EFE) – CentralAmerican immigrants sent relatives backhome a record-high $7.1 billion in 2004,official agencies reported last Saturday.According to the central banks ofCosta...
A major redesign for La Nación, oneof Costa Rica’s largest daily newspapers,proved to be a mixed blessing when itdebuted last weekend.While a new printing...
REINFORCING the rights of separatedparents and their children, CostaRica and the United States signed a bilateralagreement this week that allows oneparent to collect child-support...
LEGISLATIVE Assembly memberRodolfo Delgado, of the Social ChristianUnity Party (PUSC), stopped by hisneighborhood school Tuesday in Jerico deDesamparados, 15 kilometers south ofSan José, to...
