Costa Rica exports grew 16.1% in the first three months of 2012, by comparison with the same period of last year, according to the Promoter for External Commerce and the Ministry of External Commerce (Comex). From January to March, Costa Rica exported products with a value of 2,911 million Dollars (403 million dollars higher). The [...]
San José, Costa Rica (PRWEB) March 13, 2012 Addressing the ICANN Public Meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica’s 49th President, Laura Chinchilla said, “The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and equality. This is a utopia that we have been dreaming [...]
Contradicting actions by the Costa Rican government have environmental and renewable energy groups questioning Costa Rica’s intentions of being an eco- and environmental-friendly country.
Increasing ties between Costa Rica and China are closely followed with much concern by U.S. diplomats, according to cables released by the whistle blowing website, WikiLeaks.
by IRENE VIZCAÍNO With her new presidential sash on, Laura Chinchilla Miranda called yesterday for those who were political rivals, the social associations and all citizens to cooperate with the new government. Her invitation was the main theme in the 25-minute speech as the President of the Republic which began at 11:53 a m. with [...]
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 GABRIELA MAYORGA The future minister of Tourism, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, said that the Ministry will be responsible for building a National Convention Center. The Center, which is important to promote tourism, the country as a destination for exhibitions, seminars or meetings with a considerable number of people, is planned to be built on a [...]
by TCRN Staff This morning a group of students and representatives of photocopiers appeared at the Legislative Assembly to demand the reformation of the new intellectual property law, to make an exception to the rules which prevent photocopying of educational books. The movement “photocopied for study,” gave a press conference where they made their complaint [...]
by TCRN Staff In less than two months, the Arias administration will end without significant advancement on outstanding road projects and streamlining public transport systems. The extensions of roads between San Jose and San Ramon, and San Jose and Cartago will be postponed until the next administration, sighting funding problems and a lack of definition [...]
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 [...]
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