TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) – Negotiations for a free-trade agreement between El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Canada came to a stalemate at the last meeting...
PANAMA (AFP) – This year’s Carnaval had claimed 20 lives by the close of five days of festivities Wednesday.
Panamanian police and the Red Cross...
GUATEMALA (AFP) – Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo may return to Guatemala to defend himself against accusations of corruption in the next few days...
THE Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) this week issued a statement saying the U.S.-Central America Free-Trade Agreement (CAFTA) requires only a simple majority...
FROM March 2-4, a U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax assistance specialist will be available for brief consultations at the U.S. Embassy in Pavas,...
WITHIN the next three months, the Costa Rican Electricity and Telecom Institute (ICE) plans to begin offering wireless Internet service (WLAN) at JuanSantamarÃaInternationalAirport.
The plan...
COSTA Rican exports to Canada grew 23.9% last year, continuing the trend of a growing trade surplus with the North American country.
Costa Rica exported...
THE Prosecutor’s Office for the Judicial Branch on Tuesday morning raided the installations of Embotelladora Centroamerica S.A. (ECSA), the country’s producer and distributor of...
GOVERNMENT officials from Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador and Colombia are working with the organization Conservation International and the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural...
