ACTOR Leonardo Di Caprio, fromthe United States, arrived in Costa RicaSunday with his girlfriend, Brazilian topmodel Giselle Bundchen.The couple traveled to Malpaís, a beachon...
REPRESENTATIVES to the Organizationof American States (OAS) fromCentral America, the Dominican Republicand the United States signed an agreementFeb. 18 creating an Environmental Commissiondesigned to...
FUNERAL services were heldWednesday for Legislative Assemblymember and former teacher Nury Garita,of the National Liberation Party (PLN),who died Tuesday of a heart attack.Assembly president...
THE General Taxation Administrationis investigating the daily La Nación, oneof the country’s largest newspapers, forpossible tax evasion.A Legislative Assembly commissionis also examining the case.According...
PROSTITUTION may not be achoice; rather it is often a last resort forwomen with shattered self-esteems whodon’t believe they are worthy of anythingbetter, say...
A team of 30 government employeesand non-profit organization volunteers hitthe streets of San José last week to undertakean unusual task: finding, interviewand recording data...
FOR the first time in Costa Rica, ahomosexual man has filed a lawsuitbefore the Constitutional Chamber of theSupreme Court (Sala IV) to claim thepension...
ONCE again, the ConstitutionalChamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV)received an appeal for support in ongoingdisputes between Finance MinisterFederico Carrillo and those demandinggovernment funds...
COSTA Rican exports increased 4.2%in January compared to January 2004,Foreign Trade Minister Manuel Gonzálezsaid Feb. 18.In real terms, this increase represents$20.2 million in additional...
THE Engineers’ and Architects’Association (CFIA) announced last weekthat Costa Rica’s construction sectorexperienced 25% growth in 2004.Between January and December 2004,4.3 million square meters of...
