PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco’sunsteady relationship with the pressbecame even shakier last week as heaccused unnamed media of trying to makehim look corrupt.“In recent weeks, some...
SITTING in his well-appointed study,surrounded by framed diplomas and photographsof himself with various worldleaders, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, 64,exudes the confidence and poise one mightexpect...
HEAVY rains soaked the CentralValley relentlessly this week, wreakinghavoc on homes and infrastructure.The National Emergency Commission(CNE) reported it reacted to 54 incidentscaused by heavy...
APPROXIMATELY 40 landlessmen, women and children who have beencamping out on the steps of theGoicochea courthouse in San José inprotest have been told, once...
FOUR hundred new homes in Playadel Coco, a new hospital near PlayaHermosa, a condo project in Ocotal, 1,200mini-ranches near Río Salto, a new privateairport...
BETWEEN World Environment Day,World Oceans Day, National Tree Day,celebrations, awards and criticisms, CostaRica’s environmental agenda is packedthis month.Organizations and institutions throughoutthe country celebrated WorldEnvironment...
WITH text messages, cell-phone callsand ads shown before the latest theatricalrelease of the popular Star Wars series,presidential candidate Oscar Arias, whoofficially became the National...
THE Legislative Assembly approveda new Immigration Law Tuesday in thefirst of two required votes. The legislationpunishes coyotes, people who transportillegal immigrants, with 2-6 years...
WIRELESS Internet is now availableto passengers traveling through JuanSantamaría International Airport, just outsideSan José, private airport operatorAlterra Partners has announced.The service, which Alterra says...
COSTA Rica registered a monthlyinflation rate of 1.37% for the month ofMay, up from 0.96% in April, according tothe National Statistics and Census Institute(INEC).Inflation...
