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Costa Rica to Improve Education Infrastructure with $167M Loan
November 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Costa Rica will improve the physical conditions of educational infrastructure, the learning environment, and the efficiency in elmentary and secondary schools with a $167 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
EU, Latin America End 20 Year “Banana War”
November 8, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Officials from the European Union and 11 Latin American nations gathered here Thursday at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization to sign a pact ending a two-decade-long dispute over banana tariffs. continue reading »
Costa Rica Starts Crack Down on Undocumented Workers, Large Fines for Employers
September 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Starting this week Costa Rica will implement new regulations that will heavily fine employers that hire undocumented workers. The initiative is meant to discourage the hiring of the estimated 60,000 foreigners living in the country and work undocumented. continue reading »
Costa Rica Estimates 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Left $45 M in Damage
September 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The magnitude-7.6 earthquake that rocked Costa Rica on Sept. 5 caused damage estimated at $45 million, President Laura Chinchilla said Tuesday. She told a press confer continue reading »
Costa Ricans Targeted by Thieves with False Reports of More Earthquakes and Tsunami
September 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As Costa Rica recovers from a 7.9 earthquake that occurred on September 5, 2012 and numerous aftershocks, people are also having to contend with heartless thieves preying on their fear. continue reading »
7.9 Earthquake Strikes Costa Rica, Tsunami Warning for Most of the Americas
September 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A 7.9 earthquake has rattled Costa Rica, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this morning with the epicenter occurring some 5 miles from the Costa Rican coast line and some 95 miles west of the capital city of San Jose. continue reading »
U.S. ‘Poker Refugees’ Hiding Out in Costa Rica
July 31, 2012 | by McClathy DC | Latino Daily News
Since April 15, 2011, more American men in their 20s have been flocking to Costa Rica. They did not go there on vacation, but are doing something now nearly forbidden in the U.S. continue reading »
1.2 Tons of Ingredients Used to Cook Up Biggest Chop Suey in Costa Rica
July 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A team of 23 cooks in Costa Rica prepared what they described as the "biggest chop suey in the Americas," aiming to feed some 10,000 people, organizers said. continue reading »
More Mysterious Stone Spheres Discovered in Costa Rica
July 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More ‘Los Bolas’ as they are known in Costa Rica have been discovered during construction excavation on a banana plantation. These stone spheres are just the latest discovery, there are over three hundred of these spheres in Costa Rica. The balls, which are perfectly formed, range in size from a few inches in diameter to over six feet in diameter. The ones found recently, in the province of Puntarenas in the Osa fifth canton, will be protected and shipped to the National Museum located in San Jose. There will they will be analyzed and aged. Inside Costa Rica is reporting that pre-Columbian pottery and tools were also discovered at the same location where the spheres were found. The petrospheres have been attributed to a Pre-Columbian indigenous culture of Costa Rica that existed between 700 CE and 1530 CE. continue reading »
Japan Donates $9 Million to Costa Rica to Help Preserve their National Parks
July 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Costa Rican government has announced that Japan has donated $9 million to help preserve the countries national parks and wild-life areas. continue reading »
Costa Rica to Invest $250 Million to Upgrades Its Electricity Supply to Growing Demand
June 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved $250 million in financing to strengthen the development of Costa Rica’s electricity sector to help meet the country’s growing electricity demand, increase competitiveness, and raise living standards. continue reading »
Pope Benedict Receives President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla Miranda
May 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Laura Chinchilla Miranda, president of Costa Rica. The president subsequently went on to meet with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States. continue reading »
Inmates in Costa Rica Can Wear Women’s Panties and Cross Dress Says Supreme Court
May 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica's Supreme Court ordered prison officials to allow a male inmate to dress in women's clothing after he claimed that they forbade him to do so, the La Nacion newspaper reported Sunday. continue reading »
First Tax Fraud Conviction in Costa Rica’s History, 10 Year Sentence
April 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Maira Marlene Zamora Alvarado, will spend the next ten years in prison and pay a fine of $180 million colones, after being found guilty of tax fraud in Costa Rica. This is the first tax fraud conviction in the country’s history. Zamora Alvarado is the sister of Movimiento Libertario party legislator, Mireya Zamora. continue reading »
Costa Rica’s Dog Dilemma - One Million Abandoned a Year and 95% Come from Puppy Mills
April 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Any responsible pet owner knows that owning pets, especially dogs, is a big responsibility. However, in Costa Rica there is a big dog dilemma. With thousands of puppy mills, so-called breeders, continue reading »
UPDATE: Secretary Napolitano Visit to El Salvador and Costa Rica
February 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano,traveled to San Salvador, El Salvador and San Jose, Costa Rica to meet with international counterparts continue reading »
Starbucks Coming to Coffee Bean Capital, Costa Rica
January 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Starbucks continues to expand in Central America, in keeping with its plans announced in August of 2010, with an announcement that it will open its first Costa Rican location. continue reading »
No Marijuana Beer for Costa Rica
January 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Alto Tribunal de Casación Administrativo of Costa Rica has spoken and the eco-friendly nation will be not be offering its citizens and millions of tourists marijuana –flavored beer. continue reading »
Nicaragua Files Suit Against Costa Rica at UN World Court over Border Violations
December 24, 2011 | by UN News | Latino Daily News
Nicaragua has filed suit against Costa Rica at the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ), citing violations to national sovereignty and major environmental damages to its territory due to the construction of a new road along the banks of the San Juan River. continue reading »
Costa Rican police seize ton of cocaine, arrest 3
November 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Costa Rican authorities on Tuesday seized 1,203 kilograms (2,649 pounds) of cocaine and arrested three Colombian nationals who were transporting the drug, the Security Ministry announced. continue reading »
