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Gov’t: Punta Cacique ‘of Nat’l Convenience’

Punta Cacique, a nearly $1 billion resort planned for the northwestern Pacific coast, was quietly decreed “of national convenience” last month by President Oscar...

Villa Blanca Hotel Hosts INBio Research Station

The National Biodiversity Institute (INBio) has opened the country’s first research center at a hotel. Hotel Villa Blanca, part of the Green Hotels chain, is...

Nica Worker Died Of Tick-Borne Disease

A Nicaraguan construction worker who died Nov. 6 at a resort construction site on MatapaloBeach in the northwestern province of Guanacaste succumbed to a...

Levy on Airfare May Replace Hotel Tax

Lawmakers have voted to replace a 3 percent hotel tax with a flat $15 tax on airline tickets to Costa Rica. The bill, passed in...

Arias Runs U.N. Debate On Global Arms Control

President Oscar Arias presided over a debate on military spending this week in the United Nations Security Council, where Costa Rica now holds a...

6.2 Quake Shivers the Timbers in Panama, C.R.

A tremor marking 6.2 on the Richter scale shook from Panama to Costa Rica after midnight Tuesday, with no reports of injuries, according to...

Jams Leading to Highway Robberies

Groups of thieves are taking advantage of cars waiting in construction traffic in and around the Próspero Fernández Highway to Santa Ana, southwest of...

Questionable Gov’t Report Says Tuna Farm OK

A controversial plan to raise thousands of tons of yellowfin tuna in cages off the southern Pacific coast has been given the goahead, after...

Costa Rica Becoming Less Keen on Democracy

While Latin America’s overall support for democracy is rising, Costa Ricans have lost some of the faith that last year made them the region’s...

Three New Ambassadors Touch Down in San José

Costa Rica has formally accepted new ambassadors from France, Venezuela and Italy.Fabrice Delloye, the ex-husband of former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, will represent France. A...

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