THE Universidad Nacional (UNA)enjoyed the fruits of lengthy constructionefforts this week as it inaugurated twonew buildings at its Omar Dengo campusin Heredia, northwest of...
THIS year’s edition of the “Costa RicaTravel Mart,” known as EXPOTUR –which, as in previous years, filled theHotel Herradura, west of San José, withbuyers,...
RECENT alliances between largemultinational banks and smaller CentralAmerican banks are part of a growingtrend in the region, the daily La Naciónreported this week.GE Consumer...
PEOPLE with disabilities can nowpurchase cars tax-free, thanks to a modificationto the existing tax-exemption law.President Abel Pacheco signed the modificationinto law last month.For the...
THE vast majority of municipal budgetsgo toward salaries, services andmaterials. Only 4% goes to maintainingand building streets, bridges, aqueductsand water-treatment plants, the daily LaNación...
YOUNG Costa Rican athletes dominatedboth the men’s and women’s categoriesin the Central American AthleticsChampionship in Managua, Nicaragua,last weekend, sweeping away its rivalswith 30 gold...
THESE could be the days of reckoningfor a U.S. man who claims he willreturn $500 million to hundreds of jiltedinvestors with the Villalobos Brothers’high-interest...
AN international coalition of nonprofitorganizations launched a campaign thisweek asking the governments of CostaRica, Brazil and Ecuador to ratify a globalanti-tobacco treaty.The Costa Rican...
WHEN a storeroom caught fire lastmonth at the Hotel Cala Luna inTamarindo, a popular tourist town on thenorthern Pacific coast, neighbors andemployees quickly grabbed...
A Costa Rican transvestite arrestedSaturday night for allegedly robbing aU.S. tourist in downtown San José claimsthe robbery was staged by enemies whodisagree with a...
