THE environmental-impact study fora controversial dam project was rejectedthis week by the Technical Secretariat ofthe Environment and Energy Ministry(SETENA).The study for the Pocosol hydroelectricdam...
AS many as 19% of U.S. voters mayvote by absentee ballot in next month’spresidential elections, the U.S. StateDepartment said this week.This number of potential...
THE extradition of Dean Faiello, whois wanted in the United States to facehomicide charges, has been delayed afterthe Costa Rican Government Attorney’sOffice appealed a...
THE Finnish government hasannounced it is assembling an investigativeteam to inspect the public hospitalsand clinics that were supposed to havebeen outfitted with equipment using...
FORMER Foreign Trade MinisterAlberto Trejos says he is optimistic about thefuture of the Central American Free-TradeAgreement (CAFTA) with the United States,and confident it will...
FOR Costa Rica to maintain its positionas one of Latin America’s top percapitarecipients of foreign direct investment,it must increase its supply ofEnglish-speaking workers, improve...
SEVERAL private companies areoffering expanded health-care options toresidents of Costa Rica, including one forU.S. military veterans and another offeringpre-paid emergency medical assistance toresidents of...
A bill to reform the country’s immigrationlaw moved forward Tuesday whenPatriotic Bloc congressman HumbertoArce withdrew 40 reform motions he hadpresented. This allowed members of...
THE Ministry of Public Educationhas announced its proposed 2005 schoolyear calendar and is requesting teacherfeedback.The ministry proposes starting theschool year Feb. 7, 2005, and...
POLICE and park guards in theNorthern Zone shut down what theycalled an illegal logging operation thisweek, seizing a tractor, chain saws andsome 30,000 cubic...
