BOTH the U.S. Embassy in San Joséand the private mail company Aerocasillashave said they will send U.S. electionabsentee ballots to the United States forfree...
TERRIBLE road conditions betweenChacarita de Osa and Puerto Jiménez deGolfito are slowing tourism in the nation’sSouthern Zone, La Nación reported thisweek.Residents and hotel representativestold...
THE Costa Rican government is movingforward in talks with the governmentof Japan for a $100 million credit to helprenovate the Central Valley’s sewer system,La...
ANTONIO Álvarez, one of theNational Liberation Party (PLN) frontrunnersfor presidential candidate for the2006 elections, announced this week he isleaving the party to form his...
THE World Wildlife Fund (WWF)announced this week that approximately35 nature tour guides, boat captains andgovernment employees successfully completeda training course designed to showthem how...
“EL Rey del Cha Cha Cha” (King ofthe Cha Cha Cha), a feature-length filmco-produced by Costa Rica, Nicaraguaand Cuba and directed by Costa Ricanfilmmaker...
TEGUCIGALPA – Honduras’ newcoach for that country’s national soccerteam on Saturday said the upcomingqualifying match against Costa Rica forthe final eliminatory round before the2006...
NEARLY one year ago, the unlikelybattle of Radio for Peace International(RFPI) with the University for Peace culminatedwith the station’s expulsion fromthe school’s campus, 25...
THE first regional office of thePermanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) inThe Hague could open in Costa Rica bythe end of this year.The Legislative Assembly...
ENVIRONMENT Minister CarlosManuel Rodríguez has requested a moratoriumon the growth of genetically modifiedorganisms (GMOs) in Costa Rica.Rodríguez wrote a letter earlier thismonth to the...
