CARATE— Macaws, macaws, macaws! The raucous birds are such a constant fixture at Lookout Inn in the OsaPeninsula in the Southern Zone, that gregarious...
THE opposition Sandinista National Liberation Front appears to have scored the first point in the political ping-pong match over former President Arnoldo Alemán’s jail...
As the battle to protect Costa Rica’s national parks continues, Environment and Energy Minister Carlos Manuel Rodríguez this week said the Environment Ministry is...
IN 2003, the Costa Rican Electricity and Telecom Institute (ICE) reported ¢3.35 billion ($78.7 million) in revenues – 18.2% more than in 2002.
The increase...
SEVERAL Costa Rican sportsbook owners hailed a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling ordering the United States to provide justification for the restrictions it...
BETWEEN January and December 2003, the average salary of private sector employees increased 3% in real terms (taking into account the effects of the...
CENTRAL Bank president Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez has downplayed growing concerns over inflation and the increase in the prices of several products reported in...
COSTA Rica is gathering its forces against the sexual exploitation of children and attacking the problem on three fronts: in the tourism industry, in...
