Costa Rica News Archives

The figures by the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones reveals that more Nicaraguan men are more likely to marry Costa Rican women than Nicaraguan women to marry Costa Rican men when the arrive in Costa Rica, with a total of 12.515 Nicaraguan men marrying "ticas", while only 934 Nicaraguan women married "ticos" between 1950 and 2009.

Costa Rica's coffee production in the new 2009-10 crop cycle, for which harvesting has recently started in the lower altitudes, is forecast to rise 7.2% to 1,706,773 bags of 60 kilogram each, the Instituto del Cafe de Costa Rica - official Costa Rican Coffee Council, said earlier this week.

Investigator and business advisor, Cody L. Gear, sheds light on potential problems in Costa Rica if not done correctly.

October and November, is usually the rainiest in Costa Rica but this year it has proven otherwise.With the dry conditions, tourist are in heaven but the farmers are suffering from crop loss. Events around Costa Rica for the next two months

Real Estate Weekly: What is the latest news on the Jaco Beach Costa Rica Wyndham development? Everything is moving along very well, we are going to do some meet and greet and marketing in Las Vegas at the annual AARP convention next week.

An interview with Costa Rica's ministro de Turismo , Carlos Ricardo Benavides, who says that tourism in Costa Rica, like the rest of the world, has dropped a little bit and still focusing on the US market.

Costa Rica's Public Works and Transportation Minister Karla Gonzalez resigned on Monday after being criticized for failing to assume responsibility for last week's accident in which five people were killed.

Private security guards in Costa Rica almost double the number of police officers in Costa Rica.

The Banco Central de Costa Rica - Central Bank - says the Costa Rican economy is recuperating from the economic crisis of the past year, however, unemployment continues to be a stickler.

China's top legislator Wu Bangguo meets with visiting Costa Rican Legislative Assembly President Francisco Antonio Pacheco in Beijing, Oct.

The dockworkers strike that began Tuesday in Costa Rica has shut down the port of Limon, preventing cruise ships from visiting the country.

A traditional hammock-style wood-and-cable bridge has collapsed as a bus crossed it in rural Costa Rica, dropping a bus filled with 38 people into a riverbed.

It's not the slight Spanish accent that sets Valerie Chavez apart from her classmates.

Oct. 20, 2009 9:02 a.m. Neenah Paper announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Friends of the Osa and the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to help reforest a conservation property in Costa Rica's Osa peninsula.

By Alex Leff Dr. Orlando Morales is something of a celebrity at Costa Rica's University of Medical Science, sauntering through the halls in his white lab coat.

In each November/December issue, WildBird subscribers have the chance to crown one of their peers as Birder of the Year.

Joe Andrew, youa re headed to Costa Rica! More than a year ago, Andrew -- a Hoosier, superdelegate and former leader of the Democratic Parties in both Indiana and DC -- switched from backing then-Sen. Hillary Clinton to then-Sen. Barack Obama just days before the May 6, 2008 Indiana primary.

On Costa Rica's Gold Coast, time has created a beach made up of millions of tiny shells that have been crushed into sand.

Financial Soultions investigators report that the Central American nation of Costa Rica has recently closed a deal to sell 3,000 tons of carbon credits to the United States firm, Equator, a business that specializes in carbon credit management.

Imagine gliding through the dense rainforest treetops while suspended only from a zip-line. Be on the look out for exotic birds and rare animals as you walk on a series of hanging bridges suspended through the jungle.

'Faith is transmitted like a lantern that is passed from one hand to the next, and marriage is the foundation of the family...' This is what Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Urena of San Jose, President of the Costa Rican Bishops' Conference, said in his last pastoral visit to Immaculate Conception of Mary Parish in Alajuelita.

By Tim Rogers, Special to The Miami Herald The slumping global economy is having a stimulus effect on Costa Rica's famous sex-tourism industry, as a growing number of unemployed women -- from Colombia to the Dominican Republic -- flock to San Jose to seek a living in the world's oldest profession.

Today marks the 517th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12 1492.

Dr. Orlando Morales is something of a celebrity at Costa Rica's University of Medical Science, sauntering through the halls in his white lab coat.

A joint operation by police and immigration authorities disbanded a "coyote" network in the Northern Zone that were responsible for the illegal entry of 14 Nicaraguans, five of which were children and an elderly woman of 72 years of age.

The political crisis in Honduras is having a crippling effect on trade in Costa Rica as well as other Central American nations like Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, losing millions of dollars of trade every day.

A luxury travel agency in Costa Rica is awarding U.S. veterans and active duty military personnel 11% off the total price of their vacation to Costa Rica if booked by Veterans Day.

At first glance it looks like a baby's sock hanging from a mini oil derrick, slowly dripping the black liquid into the cup below.

Colombia's Avianca and El Salvador-based Grupo TACA announced yesterday that they have reached agreement to merge under a single holding company, creating an airline group that will serve more than 100 destinations with a fleet of 129 aircraft.

Calderon was unanimously convicted [Inside Costa Rica report] by three judges at the Second Judicial Circuit Courts of Goicochea, who found him guilty of embezzling $520,000 [ La Nacion report, in Spanish] during a nine-month period in his 1990 to 1994 term, a crime punishable under article 354 of the Costa Rican Penal Code [text, PDF in Spanish].

Diplomats from around the hemisphere flew into Honduras on Wednesday and told the coup-imposed government to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and restore democracy to the impoverished Central American country.

Costa Rican Vacations , a luxury travel agency in Costa Rica is offering discounted vacations for U.S., UK and Canadian veterans and active duty military personnel from now through Veterans Day.

Stretched thin in an uphill battle against drug gangs, the government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon faces increasingly stark options at a pivotal moment.

Rescue helicopters ferried stranded tourists on Friday from a picturesque volcanic area in Costa Rica where a strong earthquake killed around a dozen people.

A judge Monday sentenced former Costa Rican president Rafael Calderon, the first former head of state tried for corruption here, to five years in jail, likely shooting down his plans to seek reelection.

A total seven men and two women are the candidates aspiring the presidential chair in the 2010 presidential elections that officially kicks of in two days, October 7th, when the aspirants formally register their name to be on the February 7 ballot.

In this Year for Priests, on Thursday, October 8, the Archdiocese of San Jose will hold a Day of Prayer for members of consecrated life.

By Tim McGlone, The Virginian-Pilot A Canadian man was charged Friday with trying to import cocaine from Costa Rica, federal authorities said.

In early 2009, I went to Costa Rica for a business trip. With some time to spare on weekends, we decided to try to see as much as possible.

The Alamogordo Pan American Round Table continued its tour of Latin American countries at its September meeting, as member Jenny Tepfer took the group through Costa Rica.