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The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Dozens of motorcyclists demonstrated today through the streets of Costa Rica to demand broader coverage of an annual mandatory insurance charged by the government's National Insurance Institute (INS).Motorcyclists protested outside the INS building...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Superintendency of Telecommunications of Costa Rica (Sutel) today announced that starting next Saturday they will enable "number portability", where users can change mobile operators and retain the same phone number."This is a...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica is ranked globally as having a unique natural wealth, and besides being cataloged the happiest country in the world now stands at the 34th position among the 81 countries with Internet...

Take a minute to look back at your memories of holiday seasons in the past.  They are usually filled with happiness, warmth and love, delicious cookie recipes made only at this time of year and boxes wrapped in beautiful...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - For the eighth consecutive time, Costa Rica surfers will go home with the Central American National title, winning today in Playa Venao of Panama, after getting 16 of 22 possible medals individually, four...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Former President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Oscar Arias, and Kerry Kennedy, have sent letters to various world governments to urge the ratification of the Treaty on Arms Trade...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica is working on a historic agreement with the Iranian nuclear program and expressed confidence that negotiations will continue to reach a final agreement."Costa Rica considers it to be a solid first...

Haiti, the Philippines and Pakistan were the most affected by the ravages of climate change over the past year. But in the period between 1993 and 2012, it was Honduras, Myanmar and Haiti. This follows from the last index of...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Four firms submitted bids for telecommunications plans to bring Internet services and fixed telephone lines to over 200,000 people in rural areas of Costa Rica, according to the Superintendent of Telecommunications (Sutel).The state...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) returned today to take interim measures in the territorial conflict between Costa Rica and Nicaragua which they ordered a stop to the dredging of two channels in...