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The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The likely victory of Michelle Bachelet in Chile's presidential elections will strengthen women's political power in Latin America, a region where while progressing, still sees millions of women as the victims of discrimination...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The American Police Community (Ameripol) began its annual summit in Costa Rica today, which will discuss issues such as international cooperation and the fight against transnational organized crime.Ameripol is defined as a police...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The government of Costa Rica and the Red Cross have opened up a collection to help the millions of victims in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan."Under such circumstances we must respond with generosity....

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Drug Control Police of Costa Rica (PCD) arrested a Guatemalan man who was hiding 42 kilos of cocaine in a truck while crossing the border of Nicaragua, said official sources.The Costa Rican...

On a recent trip with a friend traveling along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, we decided to stop in , Guanacaste, a place neither of us had previously visited.  As we rode over the last of the mountains...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A total of 3,078,321 people will decide the next president of Costa Rica in the February 2014 elections, said the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).According to the TSE in a statement, the electoral roll...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A trade increase of 35 percent, attracting $4.7 million U.S. dollars in investment, and better insurance and telecommunications services have been the main benefits to Costa Rica with the Free Trade Agreement between...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The more elaborate scenarios of climate change impacts indicate that half of Costa Rica to the north will experience increased drought, which encourage internal and external migration to the cities, especially in the...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The government of Costa Rica today expressed solidarity with the Philippines and Vietnam after Typhoon Haiyan, which has left thousands dead and severely damaged the countries.Costa Rica expressed profound sense of solidarity with...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Thousands of people protested  Monday against the Costa Rican government's market-oriented economic policies."These policies have come to destroy the institutions of social welfare we have in our country, replacing them with poverty and...