THE investigation of alleged corruptionamong former officials of the CostaRican Electricity Institute (ICE) took centerstage yesterday with a series of raids byagents of the...
ANGRY protestors vandalized theFischel pharmacy and corporate headquartersin downtown San José onTuesday morning. The incident, which isstill under investigation, took place duringan otherwise peaceful...
COSTA Ricans took to the streetstwice this week in a victory-inducedeuphoria when its national soccer team, LaSele, trounced Guatemala, Saturday, onhome turf, then Canada,...
MOST government offices willremain closed Monday in observance ofDía de las Culturas, a national holidaythat was Tuesday of this week.Last week, President Abel Pachecoannounced...
(Part three in a four-part series about theUniversity for Peace)MEETING with James Latham, DonSnedeker and James Wallerstedt feels likewalking into a counseling group for...
MARIO Quintana, one of thefounding members of the apparentlycorruption-riddled Social ChristianUnity Party (PUSC), took his own lifeWednesday afternoon around 5 p.m.with a .357 Magnum,...
OPTIMISM in the Costa Ricantourism industry regarding the boom invisitors during the past two years is temperedby concern about whether there isroom for them...
BUSINESSES discovered to haveoffered gifts to public officials involvedin contract negotiations would be preventedfrom providing products or servicesto the state for up to ten...
THE country’s 81 municipalities willreceive funds they are due for much neededroad repairs, thanks to a decisionby the Constitutional Chamber of theSupreme Court (Sala...
THE fourth annual Latin American-Iberian Conference of Tourism Ministerstook place this week in San José, bringingtogether tourism authorities fromSpain, Portugal, and 17 countries in...
