U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart is negotiatingto buy Dutch company Royal Ahold’sshares in the Central American RetailHolding Company (CARHCO), the businessalliance that comprises more than350...
A new collaboration between theFederated Association of Engineers andArchitects (CFIA) and the Costa RicanInstitute of Cement and Concrete seeks toimprove the quality of civil...
MULTINATIONAL telecommunicationsfirm Verizon, which employs 150people in Costa Rica, will be concludingall operations here in the next two monthsand leaving the country because of...
“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.”–Napoleon Bonaparte
There is a dark current in Costa Rica – dormant, suppressed by day, flamboyant by night: it...
EIGHT card sharps from Costa Ricaare tossing chips, bluffing, folding andcalling with the best poker players in theworld since the No-Limit Texas Hold ‘emWorld...
THOUSANDS of U.S. citizens vacationingor living in Costa Rica attended theAmerican Colony Committee’s annualU.S. Independence Day picnic July 2 at theCervecería Costa Rica in...
How can I gostudy in theUnited States?From short termexchange programsto post-doctoralfellowships,educational opportunitiesabound inthe United States.These opportunitiesare open toU.S. and non-U.S.citizens alike, but non-U.S. citizens...
THE Costa Rican-North American CulturalCenter (CCCN) in La Sabana, in western SanJosé, last week hosted a quilt exhibit entitled“Colors and Shapes of Costa Rica.”...
DOCTORS Peter Aborn and LuisBoza will be conducting two free dentalclinics for residents of the TalamancaIndigenous Reserve today through July 11,with simultaneous clinics to...
