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The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - According to the Earthquake Engineering Laboratory (LIS) at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), recorded seismic activity at the epicenter of the earthquake on September 5 of last year, in Nosara, has been...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The young Costa Rican surfer, Noe Mar McGonagle, proved to be one of the best surfers in Latin America, sweeping the Latin Pro Challenge in Chile, at the waves of Punta de Lobos.The...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The government of Costa Rica announced today that it has almost completed a new draft for laws on water resources, which is intended to replace the law which has been in force since...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Spanish construction group FCC has established its presence in Latin America with a new $34 million contract to remodel the Juan Santamaria International Airport which serves the Costa Rican capital.The project, which is...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica authorities arrested five Colombians, allegedly members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and 35 weapons were seized and 492 kilos of cocaine, officials said.The director of the Judicial Investigation...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Seventeen American countries will advocate for the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP19) in November for the creation of a working group for agriculture within the Convention United Nations Framework on...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Several Costa Rican schools have recently received over 5,000 desks made by inmates in prisons using recycled materials collected by the children themselves.The desks were delivered today at a school in San Jose...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica authorities today seized and destroyed a shipment of 2,500 kilos of rice smuggling into the country via the Nicaraguan border, said an official source.The State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) of the Ministry...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Internet sales company Amazon announced today that it will expand its operation centers in Costa Rica, which will create 700 new jobs in areas such as customer service, administrative and human resources."We...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Andaz Papagayo Peninsula, where the Hyatt hotel chain sits, which will open on December 20th, has announced the hiring of 300 new jobs aimed specifically at people in the area of Guanacaste.According...