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...
IN an effort to control illegal logging,the Ministry of Environment and Energy(MINAE) has acquired 60 hand-held computersto detect where the activity is takingplace, Environment...
THE Costa Rican Tourism Institute(ICT) plans to place an information boardin the Juan Santamaría InternationalAirport in Alajuela, northwest of SanJosé, to inform tourists of...
VISITORS to the Juan SantamaríaInternational Airport in Alajuela, northwestof San José, can now await theirflights in luxurious surroundings at theairport’s new VIP lounge, inauguratedFeb....
THE fall began more than two yearsago with the collapse of several high-interest-paying investment companies, includingthe famous – or infamous, to some –Villalobos Brothers,...
