The smaller of the two creeks, just beyond town (and soon to be enveloped by it), is running full and strong again after the winter storms. One can almost forget that for over three months it was a stream...
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...
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...
by TCRN Staff
The French company Alcatel is required to pay ¢5,600 million as a form of social redress to the community for the alleged payment of bribes to public officials.
The Attorney General's Office said Friday that a Criminal Court...
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...
Contributor – Meditations
Martin LeFerve
Fog enshrouds the town as I enter the mountain community from the valley below. With a few hundred meters more of elevation, the fog clears, though the skies remain cloudy. Reaching the man-made lake, there is...
by TCRN Staff
As of yesterday, the border crossing from Costa Rica to Nicaragua at Penas Blancas was reopened for trade, at least for specific products.
According to Amparo Pacheco, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, after being closed...
by TCRN Staff
Hundreds of pirate taxi drives turned San Jose and surrounding areas in chaos yesterday by blocking streets, slowing down traffic and precipitating violence that prevailed during the early morning hours.
The drivers, untied in the National House of...
(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqis on Sunday for voting in a parliamentary election despite bomb and rocket attacks that killed at least 38 people.
"I have great respect for the millions of Iraqis who refused to be...
Contributor – Meditations
Martin LeFerve
Orcas (“Killer Whales”) are probably the smartest animals on earth other than humans (“Killer Apes”). A caged and exploited member of their species, “Tilly,” allegedly aggravated by a trainer’s ponytail, snuffed out her life at SeaWorld...
