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Chinchilla Leaves Post, Likely for 2010 Campaign

Vice President Laura Chinchilla resigned this week to begin a likely campaign for the 2010 presidential elections. Chinchilla’s aspirations were clear at a farewell press...

Costa Rica Tilting More Toward Windmills

BAGACES, Guanacaste – Twenty-eight new windmills rise along the otherwise barren skyline of a wind-swept ridge in the corridor that runs between the Miravalles...

Riding That Red Taxi Just Got More Expensive

Taxi fares go up today by 12 percent. The Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) last week approved a 12 percent, ¢50 ($.09) raise requested...

Clean Hotels, Eateries To Get ‘Seal of Quality’

The Health Ministry and the Costa Rican Water and Sewer Institute (AyA) have extended their “Sello de Calidad” (Seal of Quality) sanitation program to...

Intel Leader Says Co. Will Still Invest

Microchip giant Intel has never gone along with conventional wisdom when faced with a recession and doesn’t plan to change in the current global...

Nica-Tico Summit Avoids Thorny Issues

The deputy foreign ministers of Nicaragua and Costa Rica promised to cooperate on immigration, tourism, trade and education at a summit here last week,...

ICE Cuts Consumption, Urges Others to Follow

Costa Rica’s electric company lowered its own electric bill by 1.2 gigawatt-hours and wants to help other government institutions do the same. Between August 2007...

Big Companies on Prowl For Bilingual Workers

About 15 high-powered companies say they’re looking to hire 2,000 English-speaking employees at a bilingual job fair that began Thursday and ends Saturday in...

Inflation Surges, Now Approaching 16%

Prices have surged 15.77 percent during the past 12 months, the highest year-overyear increase since 1998, according to a report by the National Statistics...

New Dutch Envoy Promotes Trade, Integration

It’s a homecoming of sorts for the new ambassador from the Netherlands, Matthijs Van Bonzel. The 51-year-old veteran diplomat arrived in San José in August...

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