It’s all fun and games – until you get arrested by Central American authorities for shoplifting a metric ton of saltines. Costa Rica has no shortage of…
The names of Costa Rica's President Luis Guillermo Solís and former National Liberation Party (PLN) presidential nominee Johnny Araya were among several prominent figures listed on a…
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís flew to El Salvador on an official visit Wednesday morning in a plane once owned by drug traffickers. This is Solís' second…
With 16 votes in favor and six against, Supreme Court justices on Monday afternoon re-elected Jorge Chavarría Guzmán as Costa Rica's chief public prosecutor for another four-year term.…
During President Laura Chinchilla's term from 2010-2014, administration officials and lawmakers passed nine pieces of legislation and one executive decree aimed at helping middle-income Ticos buy homes. Yet despite the effort,…
Last Friday, President Luis Guillermo Solís and Environment Minister Edgar Gutiérrez signed a decree eliminating a 15 percent sales tax on national park entrance fees. The act…
A three-judge criminal court in San José on Monday tossed out a defamation lawsuit brought by ex-President Laura Chinchilla (2010-2014) against a hotel owner who accused her…
https://twitter.com/monumentalcr/status/488687667253501952 “President Laura Chinchilla arrives at the Criminal Court for complaint against businessman for defamation. Her parents accompanied her.” From Radio Monumental. Former President Laura Chinchilla (2010-2014)…
https://www.facebook.com/Laura.Chinchilla.M/photos/a.405091801883.189384.44416736883/10152293892421884/?type=1&theater After leading an entire country what does an ex-president do in her or his spare time? Well, it you're U.S. President George W. Bush you start painting…
Costa Rica’s consumer confidence index (ICC) in May reached 49.8 percent, its highest since February 2011 when it was 50.3, according to a new study by the…
