RESIDENTS of the traditionallypeaceful mountaintop community ofMonteverde, in north-central Costa Rica,remain immersed in an ongoing water rightsstruggle over a controversial irrigationproject.At the heart of...
A bill to replace Costa Rica’s outdatedfishing law was approved unanimously bythe 38 legislators present during firstdebate on the floor of the LegislativeAssembly last...
TOURIST Carroll Collins knows therules; he is a private investigator and hasbeen vacationing in Costa Rica for years:Don’t leave valuables visible in your rentalcar....
SECOND Circuit Penal Courtjudges have prolonged the preventivedetention orders for former PresidentsRafael Ángel Calderón, Jr. (1990-1994)and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998-2002), both accused of accepting...
GOVERNMENT and private-sectorcommunity leaders who have joined forcesto create a new technology lab at theZurquí Juvenile Formation Center hopethey can arm the young inmates...
ON behalf of the Costa RicanCatholic Church, Bishop José FranciscoUlloa publicly asked for forgiveness thisweek for the sex crimes church leadershave committed in the...
COSTA Rican-born U.S. astronautFranklin Chang went diving near IslaTortuga last Friday, shortly after witnessingthe intentional sinking of his namesake,a 200-meter-long, 100-ton formerCoast Guard boat.“The...
Fueled by higher food and transportationcosts, Costa Rica registered a monthlyinflation of 1.30% in July.Inflation for the first seven months of theyear was 7.64%,...
TORRENTIAL downpours in theNorthern Zone last week caused a massiveincrease in water levels in the riverLa Tigra, damaging roads, homes, andbridges in the area,...
FORMER Costa Rican PresidentOscar Arias continues to be the favorite towin the presidential elections in 2006, butsupport for the candidate has decreased inthe past...
