The much-anticipated, polemic debate on theCentral American Free-Trade Agreement withthe United States (CAFTA) unofficially beganthis week in the U.S. Congress.In anticipation, national and international...
MONTHS after some legislators declared PresidentAbel Pacheco’s Permanent Fiscal Reform Package deadin the water, the controversial tax plan is still strugglingfor life on the...
DESPITE Costa Rica’s often-touted reputation asLatin America’s safest and most stable tourist destination,a series of recent crimes against foreign tourists, and thepolice response to...
SOME victims of past natural disastersin Costa Rica have waited as long as17 years for relief promised by authoritiesafter hurricanes, floods and earthquakes,according to...
UNWANTED pregnancies, AIDS,gonorrhea and syphilis are among theproblems threatening Costa Rican teens,partly as a result of insufficient efforts toeducate them about the dangers of...
IMMIGRATION authorities orderedU.S. priest Alfredo Prado to leave thecountry last week, charging that he illegallyworked in the country while holding athree-month tourist visa.Prado and...
CHANGING people’s attitudestoward HIV testing and protecting themselvesagainst the virus that causes AIDS isthe tireless aim of Solón Chavarría, directorof HIV/AIDS programs for CostaRica’s...
A court in Miami, Florida, sentencedformer U.S. teacher George Clarke, 43, tofive years in prison on Monday for planningto have sex with Costa Rican...
ALTERRA Partners, operator of JuanSantamaría International Airport northwestof San José, says flight informationis now available on the radio, adding toflight-information services already availableonline and...
