ALVARO Retana, head of telecommunicationsfor the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE),resigned on Tuesday as the two ICE board memberswho were fired two weeks ago...
Major reforms in the country’s press lawsand changes in the judicial process may be theresults of a long-awaited ruling from the Inter-American Court of...
TAMARINDO – Since the firsttourists discovered this jungle beach townon the northern Pacific coast, crime andthieves slunk behind them – more as thetown has...
COSTA Rican exports grew 1.1%during the first six months of this year,compared to the same period in 2003,according to the Foreign Trade PromotionOffice (PROCOMER).Industrial...
THE country’s pineapple growersare asking the government to create aninstitution to assist and regulate theirindustry, the daily La Nación reported.The recent expansion of the...
THE price of most internationalflights to and from Juan SantamaríaInternational Airport dropped between2001 and 2004, in part because of greatercompetition between airlines, according astatement...
A total of 583,937 foreign touristsarrived in Costa Rican airports during thefirst half this year, signifying a 28% increasecompared to the same period in2003,...
BANCO de la Producción (BANPRO),Nicaragua’s largest bank, andBanco de Costa Rica (BCR), Costa Rica’ssecond-largest bank, have teamed up tomake transferring money to Nicaraguafaster and...
The Central American Free-TradeAgreement with the United States(CAFTA) was signed for a second timeyesterday, this time with the inclusion ofthe Dominican Republic, according to...
THE Union of Costa Rican Private-Sector Chambers and Associations(UCCAEP), an umbrella group that representsmore than 40 business associations,says it supports the tough-love economicmeasures taken...
