CARIBBEAN-slope residents, environmentalistsand members of area indigenouscommunities continue to protest theproposed construction of a hydroelectricdam on the Pacuare River, claiming theproject will foment death...
PRESIDENT Abel Pacheco made hisrounds in the United States this week:receiving an award in Florida, speakingbefore the United Nations in New York andattending yesterday’s...
CASES of dengue have decreased inCosta Rica, according to Health MinisterMaría Sáenz.The number of people afflicted with themosquito-borne disease, which inducesfever, pain and, in...
ENVIRONMENTAL groups, studentsand non-governmental organizations(NGOs) plan to protest “sharkfinning” in the Pacific port town ofPuntarenas today, representatives of theCosta Rican Sea-Turtle RestorationProgram (PRETOMA) announced.Finning...
FINANCIAL crimes investigatorsworking both here and in Panama haverevealed a tangled web of payments madethrough accounts in Panama, Costa Ricaand the Bahamas, all related...
A week after the nation’s highest courtannounced that Costa Rica must requestto have its name removed from the WhiteHouse list of nations that supported...
TÓMAS Dueñas, president of theCosta Rican Investment Board (CINDE),former minister and successful businessman,will become Costa Rica’s ambassadorto the United States in WashingtonD.C. on Nov....
THE Finance Ministry says it expectsto face adverse conditions in the comingmonths when it issues more debt bonds tocover the government’s expenses as partof...
AFTER two and a half months ofanalysis, the Legislative Assembly’sPermanent Commission on InternationalAffairs has presented its report on thefree-trade agreement between Costa Ricaand the...
