The road to infrastructure development this year was a bumpy, obstacle-filled ride, with bureaucratic setbacks delaying progress on much-needed road repairs and airport expansion...
The school year started off with a sex scandal, and ended with the prospect of significant funding increases, among other changes.
That’s right, a sex...
Infrastructure, or lack thereof, was the name of the game in health in Costa Rica in 2006.
In a never-declared competition between the country’s parallel...
Costa Rican geologists this year unearthed the tooth of a Desmostylus hesperus, an extinct, large, amphibious animal related to elephants and manatees.
The fossilized tooth,...
Costa Rica teetered on the tight rope between developing its economy and protecting its natural resources this year as observers saw both victories and...
Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto, Foreign Minister during President Oscar Arias’ first administration (1986-1990), passed away at age 82 in October.
As minister, Madrigal was a key...
