GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) – GuatemalanPresident Oscar Berger this week officiallykicked off a national disarmamentcampaign that aims to collect illegal firearmsin an effort to reduce...
SAN SALVADOR (AFP) – The decisionby Salvadoran President Elías AntonioSaca to send a third contingent of troops toIraq next month is being criticized byopposition...
The government has unofficially confirmedthat Tomás Dueñas, president ofthe Costa Rican Investment Board(CINDE) and a former trade minister, willsoon be named Costa Rica’s ambassadorto...
WATCHING a goat be milked is noteverybody’s idea of a great vacation. In fact,only about 3% of tourists would find themselvescaptivated by such activity,...
SINCE the Costa Rican TourismInstitute (ICT) began its SustainableTourism Certification (CST) program in1999, only 49 of the country’s more than380 hotels have been certified.ICT...
THE Costa Rican Tourism Institute(ICT) has a new home. Last weekend,ICT began moving into its new offices inthe former Costa Rican Investment Board(CINDE) building...
NICARAGUA’S new open-door policyfor foreign residents does not appearto be worrying the Association ofResidents of Costa Rica (ARCR).“Nicaragua is not Costa Rica,” saidARCR spokesman...
OMBUDSMAN José ManuelEchandi has filed a legal complaintagainst the Legislative Assembly becauseof legislators’ delay in passing laws relatedto a constitutional reform that givesthe public...
THE country’s cattle farmers have a bigbeef with the government, which theyaccuse of doing nothing to help the sectorprepare for the yet-to-be-approved CentralAmerican Free-Trade...
CHANGES coming: Businesses in the capital, such as thesealong Avenida Central, were supposed to comply with new sizeand height limits on signs this week,...
