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The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Today the USS RENTZ American Navy boat  delivered to Costa Rican authorities three men that were arrested this week with 460 kilos of cocaine in a fishing boat, under an agreement for joint...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The government of Costa Rica from declared three days of national mourning for the death of South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nelson Mandela.During these three days all public buildings in...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica needs tax reform soon that will give fresh breath to their public finances, which have deteriorated due to a slowing economy and growing their debt to a hazardous level, a study...

The 2013 Costa Rican Telethon raised

Cuba will compete with a team of seven cyclists

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rican citizens donated at over $46,000 for the victims of last month’s Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines as part of a campaign by the Red Cross, the humanitarian agency reported.The money raised...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The U.S. Coast Guard has donated to a special team to Costa Rica for guidance and tracking training for creating a police unit specializing in diving."Our countries must remain focused on our common...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A couple of Dominicans were sentenced to eight years in prison in Costa Rica for the crime of human trafficking and sexually exploiting women in the south of the country.The sentence was imposed...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Accumulated inflation in Costa Rica during the first eleven months of 2013 was 3.16%, down from 4.26% in the same period of 2012, said the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC).In November,...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rican authorities have seized more than 8,000 firearms since May of 2010, when the current government started until today, most of which was in the hands of criminal groups."Importantly, planned and preventive...