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President Launches Telecom Reform

With the stroke of a pen, President Oscar Arias stripped the state-run telecommunications and electricity monopoly of some of its bureaucratic shackles yesterday. Arias signed...

Golfito Marina Project Seeks Final Permits

After months of bureaucratic delays, and with financial backing from a new U.S. investor, developers of a large marina project in the small southeastern...

Immigration in Disarray

Foreigners in line at Immigration swap stories about the problem-ridden bureaucracy as if they were war tales. The man who started shaking in fury...

ICE Power Swap Revives Conflict

The naming of a new executive president for the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) this week drew fire from labor unions and rekindled controversy...

Monteverde Celebrates Release Of New Documentary, Book

Peace Pilgrim, the woman who spent 28  years walking through North America to spread the message of peace, walked again last weekend in the...

Puppet Show Decries Wild Animals as Pets

Wild birds can be beautiful and their songs divine, but keeping them as pets is a nothing but a crime. That’s the message approximately 30...

Creative Cuisine Abounds in Central Pacific

Whether your stay in the central Pacific region takes you ziplining across treetops, boating through mangrove swamps, hiking in national parks or just lying...

Panel Discusses Country’s Energy Policies

In a country recognized internationally for its natural beauty and conservation efforts, the debate over how Costa Rica should produce its energy is ever-present....

Country Chooses Hydro Power

With Costa Rica’s demand for energy growing just over 5% a year, planners at the government institute in charge of the nation’s energy supply...

Environmentalists Express Doubts about Arias

Environmentalists’ expectations for the new government range from hopeful to bleak, though they all seem to agree on one thing: the second administration of...

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Costa Rica Train Service Offers Scenic City Connection

Passenger rail travel in Costa Rica has been around since the late 19th century. The first functioning railroads connected the Port of Limon with...

Costa Rica Cybercrime Doubles as Criminals Go Digital

Cybercrime continues to increase in Costa Rica, and the figures are concerning to Costa Rican authorities. Randall Zúñiga, Director of the Judicial Investigation Organization...

Costa Rica Studio Wimblu Explores Language Through Art and Film

Wimblu, a creative documentary studio formed by three Costa Ricans, is set to host several events in anticipation of the release of the ninth...

Panama Trial Begins for Ex President Martinelli in Odebrecht Scandal

Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli, who has sought asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy, and about twenty others will be tried starting Monday in Panama...

Costa Rica Coffee Crisis Labor Shortage Leads to Major Crop Loss

Costa Rica's coffee industry faces losses of up to 10% as Nicaragua's strict new immigration laws and unseasonable rains disrupt the crucial harvest season....
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