PURISCAL – For some people, thenew community planned for these hills isabout forest reconstruction; for some it’sabout creating refuge when “peak oil” hitsand destroys...
NICARAGUAN Foreign MinisterNorman Caldera announced toNicaraguan media Monday that he is consideringtaking legal action to recoverGuanacaste, the northwestern Costa Ricanprovince that borders Nicaragua andvoted...
THE Friends of Isla del CocoFoundation (FAICO) recently presentedseveral dedicated environmentalists andeconomists with the “Isla del Coco,Natural Patrimony of Humanity” awardsfor their contributions to...
THE communities of Escazú andSanta Ana, southwest of San José, will bethe first in Costa Rica to receive a newhigh-speed wireless Internet service calledWiMAX,...
TAKING a taxi. Ordering dinner.Making a hotel reservation. These arebasic parts of any traveler’s day, but seeminglysimple tasks such as these becomedaunting obstacles for...
THE Costa Rican Public ServicesRegulatory Authority (ARESEP) lastweek approved a 9.1% reduction inthe price of each liter of super gasolineand a 5.8% decrease in...
LAPA Ríos Ecolodge, on the OsaPeninsula in southwest Costa Rica, wasselected Nov. 2 to receive the U.S. StateDepartment Award for Corporate Excellence(ACE). Lapa Ríos...
THE rise in the price of fundamentalconstruction materials has led to a 25%increase in overall construction costs persquare meter since last year, according toa...
