IN the past month, 339 people, including170 children, were killed in Russia in aseparatist demand for Chechnya independence;multinational talks on NorthKorea’s nuclear program were...
GENETICALLY modified organism(GMO) and agrochemical giant Monsantohas closed its office in Costa Rica and is nolonger planning to grow genetically modifiedcorn in the country,...
THE painstaking work of threeTibetan Buddhist monks hunched over awide table pouring sand through narrowsteel funnels for 11 days before thearrival of the Dalai...
THE environmental-impact study fora controversial dam project was rejectedthis week by the Technical Secretariat ofthe Environment and Energy Ministry(SETENA).The study for the Pocosol hydroelectricdam...
AS many as 19% of U.S. voters mayvote by absentee ballot in next month’spresidential elections, the U.S. StateDepartment said this week.This number of potential...
THE extradition of Dean Faiello, whois wanted in the United States to facehomicide charges, has been delayed afterthe Costa Rican Government Attorney’sOffice appealed a...
THE Finnish government hasannounced it is assembling an investigativeteam to inspect the public hospitalsand clinics that were supposed to havebeen outfitted with equipment using...
FORMER Foreign Trade MinisterAlberto Trejos says he is optimistic about thefuture of the Central American Free-TradeAgreement (CAFTA) with the United States,and confident it will...
FOR Costa Rica to maintain its positionas one of Latin America’s top percapitarecipients of foreign direct investment,it must increase its supply ofEnglish-speaking workers, improve...
