THE Prosecutor’s Office this week saidit is investigating payments made to formerCosta Rican President Jose María Figueresby a French telecommunications firmalready under fire for...
WHEN Costa Rica requested inSeptember that its name be officiallystruck from list of the “Coalition of theWilling,” the countries that supported aU.S.-led invasion of...
NOW OPEN: After years of traveling to San José or other neighboringcommunities for mall and movie theater access, residents of Heredia,a city 30 minutes...
THE proposed Permanent FiscalReform Package, already the topic ofcontroversy in the Legislative Assembly,has sparked a new debate: are 29 votesrequired for its approval, or...
THE Northern Zone RegionalCooperatives Union (URCOZON R.L.)will present the Second Annual NorthernZone Cooperative and Small BusinessFair today and tomorrow in the GimnasioSiglo XXI in...
ARE “commissions” and “prizes” forgovernment contracts part of business asusual in Costa Rica, or a strange aberration?Does the primary responsibility forthe ongoing corruption scandals...
COSTA Rica ranks 35th of 167nations included in the Reporters WithoutBorders (RSF) 2004 press-freedom index,released yesterday, making it the second highest-ranked Latin American countrybehind...
CONSTRUCTION on a tunnel crucialfor the development of the La JoyaHydroelectric Dam project in Tucurrique,Cartago, east of San José, was halted Oct.22 by the...
