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Representatives of UN agencies and the governments of France and Costa Rica held a meeting this week to look for ways to include environmental sustainability in the global development agenda from 2015.The meeting in San Jose is part of...

Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla said after meeting Pope Francisco today it felt as if "a friend" who gave you "spirit" and "breath"."He is a man of great warmth and his closeness feels enormous, like a friend…," said Chinchilla.Laura...

It’s been said that on St. Patrick’s Day, the whole world is Irish. From the countless celebrations in pubs, restaurants and bars, to the parades and the “wearin’ of the green”, it truly seems that the whole world embraces...

The World Bank (WB) will provide $ 3 million in funding to Costa Rica in order to develop their local carbon market and the country's commitment to reduce its emissions, the bank said this past week.The World Bank said...

Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla, welcomed the new Pope Francisco and said she wants to give him a tree that can followed from the Vatican via a satellite system.The president told reporters today that because of "austerity" that has...

The Central American foreign ministers held a working meeting this past week in San Jose to study a proposal by Costa Rica to reform the Central American Integration System (SICA).A Costa Rican Foreign Ministry spokesman said that will be...

Costa Rica's government welcomes Xi Jinping on his appointment as the new president of China and expressed confidence that bilateral relations will be strengthened."Costa Rica welcomes that the appointment of Mr. Xi as the highest authority of the government,...

Just over an hour after the white smoke was seen from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, the window opened from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and amid cheers and applause from the massive crowd gathered, the...

Archive PhotoA boat was detained that were transporting two tons of cocaine, was officials reported Tuesday.The seizure took place in Manzanillo, a town located in the southern Caribbean, after an aerial surveillance aircraft of the security forces detected a...

The Brazilian company OAS, in charge of the re-construction grant for Route 1, called the Inter American Highway, previously known as the Pan Am Highway, between San Jose and San Ramon, has been widely questioned in other Latin American...