POLICE working before dawnWednesday broke up many of the roadblocksthat had paralyzed the country fortwo days, in some cases throwing tear-gasgrenades into the cabs...
COSTA Rican President AbelPacheco this week said U.S. filmmakerMichael Moore’s portrayal of Costa Ricain his controversial film “Fahrenheit9/11” as one of the countries that...
A Canadian tourist was killed Sundayduring a white-water rafting trip on thePacuare River, representatives of theCosta Rican tour company RíosTropicales announced.The victim, 19-year-old college...
HIGH oil and steel prices, rising interestrates and a slowing economy havesparked concern in the country’s constructionindustry. Recent construction numbersand business confidence surveys have...
WHEN Riteve SyC last month begancharging for re-inspection of vehicles thatfail to meet national standards on brakes,lights and emissions, it apparently was thelast straw...
FORMER U.S. ambassador to CostaRica John Danilovich has begun work athis new position as U.S. ambassador toBrazil. Danilovich was U.S. ambassadorto Costa Rica from...
TWO deputies are proposing a bill toprohibit the release of political polls duringthe month before presidential elections.The current limit is two days.Such polls distort...
THE University of Costa Rica is hostinga series of conferences about the environment.The series began this week with a talkentitled “Environment, Biodiversity andDevelopment,” by...
LIKE most people on vacation alongthe Caribbean coast, Pollyanna Lind didn’tcatch dengue. She wasn’t even worriedabout it.Instead, the U.S. citizen, who used towork at...
