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Mixed Messages On New Immigration Law

The new immigration law went into effect early this week with immigration officials touting simpler processes and foreigner-friendly reforms. Immigration Administration Director Mario Zamora said...

Rise in Inflation Rate Slows in February

The inflation rate fell nearly an entire percentage point in February, as the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC) reported that consumer prices increased...

Lobsters Avoid Hot Water, Catch a Break for Breeding

A four-month ban on fishing of the spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in the Caribbean Sea went into effect on Monday. Caribbean fishermen from Belize through...

Arenal Volcano Rumbles, Fumes, Spits and Burns

An eruption at Arenal Volcano, in north-central Costa Rica, caused small fires and avalanches on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. According to the Volcanological and...

New Transit Law in Force But Getting Another Look

  Even as police apply what many consider exorbitant fines for traffic violations under a new law that went into effect Monday, legislators are toying...

Is Nica’s Institutional Democracy Getting Weaker with Age?

MANAGUA – The formality of the Feb. 21 military ceremony to mark the changing of the guard from Maj. Gen. Moisés Omar Halleslevens to...

‘Shark Island’ Showcases Isla del Coco Treasures

Shark Island, a new National Geographic documentary that debuted this week in Costa Rica, highlights some critical holes in international marine conservation. The film is...

U.S. to Focus on Women

Latin America has been absent from United States President Barack Obama’s foreign policy priorities since he took office in January 2009. Despite pledging to...

Market Opening Focuses on Consumers

When the Central American Free Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) went into effect on Jan. 1, 2009, the National Insurance Institute (INS)...

Economy Begins a ‘Slow Recovery’

If the law of gravity says that all that goes up must come down, economic theory poses the opposite perspective, claiming that when things...

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