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Growing Tension Between Nicaragua and Costa Rica Over Border River

Costa Rica News - The diplomatic relations between Nicaragua and Costa Rica were strained again, after Managua requested the International Court of Justice in The Hague navigation rights on the Colorado River, and the Costa Rican government announced that...

Central Bank Projects Export Decline but Balance with Higher Profits

Port of Limon Costa Rica Rodrigo Bolaños, President of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR), said this year may reduce the level of the country's exports, the result of global economic conditions, coupled with slower growth in the international...

Pura Vida Valentine’s Day

Among the many celebrations that European and American ex-pats have brought to Costa Rica, Valentine’s Day is a holiday that has been embraced by native Costa Ricans and foreigners alike. Known as “ Dia de Los Enamorados”,, literally translated...

Luxury Lifestyle on your Own Coffee Plantation Estate

Casa Montserrat in Escazú, Costa Rica is one of the few Luxury Coffee Estates on the market. Have you ever thought about owning your own coffee plantation? Owning a luxury home on a wine vineyard has been a dream of...

Puntarenas Carnival Starts February 2, 2013

The annual Carnival of Puntarenas is one of the most anticipated Parties of the year in the country, attracting lots of people nationally and internationally. Known to the locals as the 'Pearl of the Pacific,' Puntarenas is a historic port...

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and European Union to Ratified in May 2013

European Union The head of the delegation of the European Commission for Central America and Panama, the Spanish Francisco Javier Sandomingo said this past week that Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Panama agreed to ratify the partnership agreement signed...

Chinchilla: Survey Results "are unfair"

"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...

6,000 earthquakes shook Costa Rica in 2012

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...

Letter from Hugo Chavez Read at CELAC Summit

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...

Chinchilla CELAC calls "fighting illegal flows North-South"

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...
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