THE Ministry of Agriculture andLivestock (MAG) has received a loan for$14.4 million from the Inter-AmericanDevelopment Bank to form a program tostrengthen sustainable agriculture andfishing.More...
DURING the first eight months ofthis year, agricultural exports increased10% compared to the same period lastyear. Overall exports increased by just0.7% during that period,...
STARTING a business, hiring or firingpersonnel, closing a business andother related procedures generally takelonger in Costa Rica than in other LatinAmerican countries and most...
REGIONAL airline Grupo TACA hasunveiled a new initiative, “CentroaméricaFácil,” to cut ticket prices by as much as50% for travel throughout CentralAmerica and Mexico.TACA executives...
FORMER Costa Rican PresidentRodrigo Carazo (1978-1982) is one of thefounders of the University for Peace.However, he does not think it takes a million-dollar university...
SUSPECTED pedophile ArthurKanev, the first U.S. citizen to be extraditedto Costa Rica from the UnitedStates since the two countries signed anextradition treaty in 1982,...
FROM legislators to reporters to politicalanalysts, everybody seems to be askingif the corruption scandals that have rippedthrough the Social Christian Unity Party(PUSC) will bring...
“TODAY the heart of San José beginsto beat,” announced developers of PasajePlazavenida, a mall that opened its doorsMonday in downtown San José.The new mall,...
THE National Council of Rectors(CONARE) has called for a massivemarch against corruption on Tuesday, Díade las Culturas, a Costa Rican holidaysomewhat connected to Columbus...
A special commission created byPresident Abel Pacheco in May to investigatethe dubious proceedings of executivesof Costa Rica’s Social Security System(Caja) in the purchase of...
