Many Monteverde business owners have been begging for a new road for decades. This week, work began on a $16 million project that will ease travel to the popular tourist destination in north-central Costa Rica.
Following the downturn of the national economy, coffee consumption in Costa Rica has dropped in recent years. To reverse the trend, roasters are launching a new media campaign.
Costa Rican prosecutors froze several million dollars in a Costa Rican bank account pending an investigation of alleged embezzlement by the Peruvian ex-president. Now a Toledo associate wants the money back.
