The Legislative Assembly onTuesday approved in first debate a controversialbill that penalizes with jail psychologicaland physical violence towardwomen. Before it can become law, the...
WORRIED that patients might associatethe public hospitals of the SocialSecurity System (Caja) with a phase IIIclinical test of a cervical cancer vaccineunder way in...
COSTA Rica appears to be cleaninghouse, seeking to punish corruption in thehighest reaches of government, but forAntonio Álvarez Desanti this is notenough – the...
A man identified by authorities asBritish businessman Thomas Purvis, 45,was found dead Monday morning in hisrented house in Sabana Sur, a neighborhoodin western San...
AS more than a million people celebratedthe Festival of Lights parade indowntown San José Saturday night, residentsin the Bribri shanty town in Pavas,west of...
EVEN though a string of publicmarches brought thousands of CostaRicans to the streets this year – to protestgovernment corruption, the proposed free-tradeagreement with the...
SHINE ON: Astronauts and smoking volcanoes, cheerleaders and aprominent CNN reporter… The IX Festival of Lights brought it all to thestreets of San José...
WITH sunny, breezy weather usheringin Costa Rica’s December-Marchtourism high season, government officialssay they are implementing measures toensure the tourism sector continues togrow.Last week, Roberto...
COSTA Rica’s ban on U.S. beef isover, although bovine imports from theUnited States must meet rigorous healthstandards, Foreign Trade Ministry spokeswomanAna Jiménez told The...
