The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, froze, for the fourth consecutive year, the salaries of senior government officials as an austerity measure, official sources said.
The mandatory order applies to her, and her...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, weighed in on the international debate on espionage and the case of Edward Snowden in United States.
"I think the healthiest thing happening is that it has...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Authorities in Colombia and Costa Rica managed in a joint operation and seized 560 kilos of cocaine, Colombian police said.
In a press statement said that the seizure occurred at a point known as...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica's government signed a loan of 200 million awarded by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for the state system of higher education.
The loan "is very well designed, conceptualized and...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - 60% of Costa Ricans graded the government of President Laura Chinchilla as poor or very poor, and given the worst rating in the last six terms in Costa Rica, a survey revealed.
60% is...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The marriage between same-sex couples could have been approved in Costa Rica inadvertently in an article of a law that was ratified by Congress on Monday and that the government said it will...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A 28-year-old Mexican flight attendant was arrested in Costa Rica with $160,000 she was smuggling attached to her body, the Security Ministry said.
The woman was arrested Wednesday night in a taxi that was...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, confirmed Friday that his country received a request for asylum intelligence leaker, Edward Snowden, and said they would "gladly" grant "if circumstances permit."
"If circumstances permit, we would...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Nicaragua is seeing numerous protests by men and women’s groups over controversial law: male groups and organizations protesting the law that combats domestic violence against women, and while feminist organizations take to the...
