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"Unfair to women". said President Laura Chinchilla on the latest data released by CID Gallup poll, indicating that 72% of women and 71% of men consider that the odds are low that a woman will be president again of...

Earthquakes in Costa Rica are common because the regions unquie structure. four plates converge in the region, the Cocos plate, the Nazca plate, the Caribbean plate and the Panama microplate. Further the thinnest mantle on the globe is found...

Vice President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro (Archive Photo)Latin America News - The vice president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, read a letter from President Hugo Chavez addressed to other leaders in the region during the First Summit of the Community...

Costa Rica News - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, on the final day of the Summit of CELAC, asked Latin American countries unite to regulate commerce in firearms and to "fight illegal flows north to south. ""I...

Guaymie Indians on the Osa Peninsula (ariverofhope.org)Costa Rica News - The government and indigenous groups of Costa Rica established a dialogue to address various issues related to land tenure and development plans for communities, said an official source.The initiation...

Costa Rica is in the top 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries for Tourism and Trade according to the Bloom Consulting Country Brand Ranking © 2012. (See all country rankings below)(Editor’s Note: TCRN would like to extend a special...

The European Union (EU) will contribute over 20 million dollars to the fight against organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America in the short term, according to Vice President of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez.After the meeting between representatives...

Latin America News - The four countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico) today agreed a deal before March 31 so that at least 90% of the products are free of duty.This was announced in Santiago...

The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, and the president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, held a meeting this past week in Santiago de Chile in which they expressed their desire to expand the business relationship between the two countries.Both...

Costa Rica News - The 11% growth in the housing construction sector projected for this year will depend on improvements in infrastructure and housing paperwork. The Costa Rican Chamber of Construction (CCC) predicted the increase projected will depend largely...