The heat continues to be turned up on President Laura Chinchilla after it was revealed that she used a private jet owned by Gabriel Morales Fallon who is a Colombian business man suspected of having links to narco trafficking,...
Latin America News - The Popocatepetl Volcano first explosion occurred in the early Wednesday morning, spewing ash and throwing rock fragments in several directions.
The explosion was followed by a series of tremors.
A huge column of ash from the crater...
The latest surveys show Costa Ricans dissatisfaction with Laura Chinchilla is continuing to grow. Current surveys show 50+% of Costa Ricans rate Chinchilla Bad or Very Bad.
Laura Chinchilla has the second worst president assessment in the last 35 years,...
Surfing Contest by ACOS (Asociacion Costarricense de Surf), in memory of Frank Mora, 1950 – 2009, June 1st and 2nd , in Playa Hermosa, Jaco and will have $2,000 in prize.
The Costa Rica News (TCRN)San Jose Costa Rica
According to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) they invested 62,300 million colones buying fuel for electricity generation in thermal energy sources following an intense dry season.
ICE said they acquired a total of 56 million liters of diesel, and...
Latin America and the Caribbean received a record number of direct foreign investments in 2012, according to a report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations.
The foreign direct investment (FDI) in...
Laura Chinchilla, President of Costa Rica has invited the President of China, Xi Jinping to visit the country.
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic, Carlos Roverssi, said that in recent days the president extended an invitation as part of a...
In the last decade, Latin America has shown tremendous growth supported by the strong economic and political reforms implemented during in the past 20 years, the region, even during a global meltdown, managed to show significant growth patterns throughout...
Atenas, since being named as having one of the world’s best climates by National Geographic some years ago, has become a magnet for expatriates. It has a tropical climate, a convenient location in Costa Rica’s Central Valley with short...
A proposed pipeline running from Mexico to Colombia was one of the topics discussed at the last summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the United States as a solution to power generation.
The Minister of Environment and...
