by Gringa en CR Just because the rules have changed, doesn’t mean the incompetency of Costa Rica’s immigration system has been fixed. Last week I received a necessary document from CR Migracion that was supposed to accurately detail my personal history of entries and exits to/from Costa Rica. In short, I have entered Costa Rica [...]

by Raphael T. In response to the article published today entitled “Designated Driver Program Kicks off this Weekend” I would just like to say that this is an obvious ploy by the INS to get policy holders to buy more insurance without really providing more service. The stipulation that the service can be used three [...]

Submitted by: Sarah Rarick According to a survey by Unimer, deliquency, drug trafficking, and insecurity were cited as the most pressing problems for costa ricans.  The general discourse suggests that these problems are entirely new phenomenons here in Costa Rica.  However, while drug trafficking and related crime may be unintended consequences of growth, violence against [...]

Submitted by: Rachael M We should not pollute the planet we live in. The planet Earth is the only planet we have got that contains all our needs to live. So if we all stop polluting, then the planet would last longer. And we need to convince people to help and stop polluting. There are [...]

Submitted by: Ryan Kelly In light of the recent credit crunch it is my firmly held belief that the governments of the world should revoke the licences of commercial banks and in effect raze them to the ground. This theory is underpinned by the fact that the commercial banks have destroyed the lives and livelihoods [...]