TWO people died and hundredsmore were evacuated after intense rainscaused a landslide in Río Azul, a smallcommunity in the province of Cartago,10 kilometers east...
AFTER an “intense” search, policefound, dismantled and burned four moonshinefactories in the mountains of theCentral Valley province of Alajuela,northwest of San José, the Public...
THE National Statistics and CensusInstitute (INEC) this week began its annualMulti-Purpose Household Survey toobtain data about poverty, unemploymentrates and – new this year –...
SMALL and medium businesses inCosta Rica received a $116.8 millionboost this week to help their survival andgrowth under the pending CentralAmerican Free-Trade Agreement withthe...
THE number of reported cases of violencewithin the public education systemdropped by more than 10,000 in 2004, thePublic Education Ministry has announced– from 113,212...
SAFETY standards in public hospitalsvary broadly, often in proportion to theirage. Hospitals with aging sections, such asCalderón Guardia and San Juan de Dios,are more...
WHILE leaders of the world’s majorindustrial nations (the G-8) met inScotland last week for conversations onthe world’s poor and hungry, the leaders ofbanana-producing countries...
FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) inCosta Rica reached $617.3 million in 2004,a 7.5% increase over 2003, the Costa RicanInvestment Promotion Agency (CINDE)announced earlier this month.The...
COSTA Rica may soon offer guidanceto neighboring Panama in grape growingtechniques, although neithercountry has visions of mass-exportingpinot noir or juicy grapes anytime soon.Panama is...
BAC San José has become the firstprivate bank to operate in the rapidlygrowing coastal community ofTamarindo, in the northwestern provinceof Guanacaste.The BAC branch is...
