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The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Costa Rican police have seized a total of 14.9 tons of cocaine so far for 2013, nearly a ton and a half per month, said the security ministry.According to authorities, substantial improvements...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Ministers of eleven different countries responsible for the health and nutrition of American countries, including Costa Rica, will be represented today in Puerto Rico to study how to combat childhood obesity, which is...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica's economy will grow at least 3.3% this year, affected by low external and domestic demand, and the country will meet its inflation target for the fifth year running, according to a...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, began this week's visit to Costa Rica with an agenda that includes tourism, human rights and a meeting with his colleague, Laura Chinchilla, official sources said.Higgins arrived...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The earthquake that rocked the border area between Panama and Costa Rica today had a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale, said the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC) and the Institute of...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Juan Santamaria International Airport, the main airport terminal of Costa Rica, staged a mock air disaster yesterday, in order to comply with international regulations, reported the administration.The company AERIS, which manages the airport,...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Some 55 photographers from Latin America showed the best of their work on Friday in Costa Rica at "Expofoto", the largest annual photography exhibition in the Central American country.Artists from Argentina, Spain, Guatemala,...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Catholic Conservative and religious groups in Costa Rica defended the "universal right to life" at a conference in opposition to a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Inter-American Court) that forces...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - More than 4,000 specimens of insects collected in countries on five continents, including the world's largest spider, are part of the collection formed over 62 years by the American biologist Richard Whitten and...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, will tour France and Italy from November 4th to the 8th during which she will meet with French President François Hollande and Pope Francisco while visiting...