Featured Columnist – Political Correspondent – Latin American Relations Jennifer Mayer TCRN STAFF: The Costa Rica News.com Jennifer Mayer “Don’t be such a Nica”. It may shock many that this insult is commonly heard around Costa Rica. It could come from the mouth of a teenager, chiding his friend for wearing a shirt he deems uncool, [...]
by ALONSO MATA B The rectors of the state universities and the Government are seeking to define the budget of the school houses for the next five years. At 5 pm the National Council of Rectors (CONARE) composed of top leaders of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), the Technological Institute of Costa Rica, Universidad [...]
by IRENE VIZCAÍNO After conciliatory speeches and handshakes, the elected president, Laura Chinchilla, and the Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, set to work. Just yesterday, they agreed to work together on a project to create a tourism corridor that includes the province of Guanacaste and cities like Rivas and Granada, across the northern border. There was [...]
by ALONSO MATA B.; translation by TCRN Staff Interview with Germain Marin Director of the Traffic Police. What is the response of the new traffic law until today? We have seen a different behavior on the part of drivers, there is a major concern, a change of attitude, in fact there is a decrease in road [...]
by TCRN Staff The U.S. confirmed yesterday that Secretary of State and former first lady, Hillary Clinton, will be visiting Costa Rica next week. During her stay, Clinton will participate in the Third Ministerial Meeting of the Initiative Paths to Prosperity in the Americas and shall meet separately with President Óscar Arias, and his successor, [...]
by TCRN Staff Playa del Carmen, Mexico – The president elect, Laura Chinchilla, will arrive this afternoon in the Mexican Caribbean area to begin her first contacts with American colleagues. Chinchilla is expected to accompany the president, Óscar Arias, to the Summit of the unity of Latin America and the Caribbean, which will begin the [...]
by TCRN Staff Legislators have now taken up the discussion of amending to the recent Traffic Act and have until Feb. 25 to approve changes, according to the number of sessions set for it by Congress in December last year. The new law, which initially posed heavy fines and prison sentences for offenders, was badly [...]
by TCRN Staff If the current percentages hold, then the next president of Costa Rica will be Laura Chinchilla. With 48% of the popular at the time of this publish and Solis holding only 24%, her appointment looks certain. The candidate of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC), Solis, recognized at 9:09 p.m. the victory of [...]
by TCRN Staff The call of the ballot box has not only drawn Costa Ricans living in the country, but also those residing outside the country. Ivannia Salazar is one example of a national of that will go to the polls tomorrow. Salazar lived for four years in Spain and returned to the country last [...]
by TCRN Staff “The drug problem for me is the greatest threat looming over our country,” she said at a breakfast with foreign press correspondents at the Radisson Hotel. Chinchilla commented that one of the primary approaches to tackling this scourge is the creation of a national drug authority. For the candidate, the issue of [...]
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