SOME victims of past natural disastersin Costa Rica have waited as long as17 years for relief promised by authoritiesafter hurricanes, floods and earthquakes,according to...
UNWANTED pregnancies, AIDS,gonorrhea and syphilis are among theproblems threatening Costa Rican teens,partly as a result of insufficient efforts toeducate them about the dangers of...
IMMIGRATION authorities orderedU.S. priest Alfredo Prado to leave thecountry last week, charging that he illegallyworked in the country while holding athree-month tourist visa.Prado and...
CHANGING people’s attitudestoward HIV testing and protecting themselvesagainst the virus that causes AIDS isthe tireless aim of Solón Chavarría, directorof HIV/AIDS programs for CostaRica’s...
A court in Miami, Florida, sentencedformer U.S. teacher George Clarke, 43, tofive years in prison on Monday for planningto have sex with Costa Rican...
ALTERRA Partners, operator of JuanSantamaría International Airport northwestof San José, says flight informationis now available on the radio, adding toflight-information services already availableonline and...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco said thisweek he will not veto a bill that wouldallow national holidays to be observed onMondays, despite a request from theNational...
U.S. congressional discussion of theCentral American Free-Trade Agreementwith the United States (CAFTA) is not justabout getting more Kraft cheese singles onMás x Menos shelves,...
WHETHER it’s floods, earthquakesor hurricanes, international scientists aremaking ground in the effort to ensureCosta Rica and other nations are informedin advance of impending natural...
