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The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rican authorities have seized a total of 44 tons of cocaine since May 2010, which reflects a strengthening of the fight against drugs according to officials.Costa Rican Security Minister, Mario Zamora, told...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Costa Rican government announced that it has reorganized the bulk of its security forces in order to have better ratings for the agents and their pay scales.Security Minister, Mario Zamora, said today...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A group of Secret Service agents from the United States will be conducting training for Costa Rican officers in crimes related to counterfeiting of U.S. currency, said the embassy.On their Facebook wall, the...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Golfito Hospital began a series of renovations valued at ¢250 million in their delivery room, maternity lounge, gynecology department and pediatrics, said the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) through a press...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - American singers Michael Bolton and Natalie Cole along with the Spanish Singer Ana Torroja will perform in Costa Rica next year.The first to do so will be the Ana Torraja on Friday, February...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The owners of 508,000 vehicles already paid their registration for 2014. This was reported by Guillermo Constenla, CEO of the National Insurance Institute (INS), stating that this amount represents 45% of all cars that...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The authorities in Costa Rica have announced the dismantling of the most important local drug gang in its history, which had ties to Colombia and Jamaica as suppliers of cocaine and marijuana, with...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The unemployment rate in Costa Rica during the third quarter of 2013 stood at 8.9%, the lowest in the last year, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) published in the...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The former commander Eden Pastora, commissioned by the Nicaraguan government for dredging of the San Juan river, entered the list of persons wanted by the International Police (Interpol) at the request of Costa...

Costa Rica’s exceptionalism goes much further than its natural wonders. Known as the Switzerland of Central America, it has achieved global recognition as one of the most unique countries in world because it did not follow the norm, it...