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Costa Rica Chamber of Agriculture Concerned about an Upcoming Drought

Despite severe rain that has drenched certain areas of Costa Rica recently, the first eight months of the year we have had 18% less than average nationally. The North Caribbean Region, ranging from Rio San Juan to Limon, has...

Tropical Storm Sandy Causing Damage on Costa Rica Caribbean Coast

Costa Rica weather to be affected by Tropical Storm Sandy for next couple days: Several areas of the southern area of the Central Valley were affected by landslides and flooding from the impact of Tropical Storm Sandy, located 440...

Costa Rican NGO Wins Award for Fighting Sex Trade

Costa Rican NGO, Fundación Rahab, dedicated to combating human trafficking and sex trade, won second prize for the 2012 Vidanta Foundation Award "Contributions to the Reduction of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean." This award has the...

260 Aftershocks Recorded after the 6.6 Earthquake Yesterday

Costa Rica Rica Earthquake Update: Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), said this morning that after yesterday's strong 6.6 quake, which occurred at 06:45 pm, in Nicoya Cangrejal in Guanacaste, 260 aftershocks have occurred. They said the strongest...

6.6 Earthquake Strikes Costa Rica October 23 2012

Earthquake strikes Costa Rica today Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 06:45:34 PM A 6.3 earthquake once again struck the Nicoya Peninsula, in the Cangrejal area Seismologists expected more follow up tremors in the Nicoya area since the 7.6 magnitude quake rocked...

Taxi Drivers, Porters and Teachers Threaten National Strike Converge on Presidential House

San Jose Costa Rica - Taxi drivers and porter (small transportation services) as well as educators are protesting outside the Presidential House today of President of the Republic, Laura Chinchilla, threatening a major national strike and to block the...

Beautiful 6,128 m2 Lot/Plantation San Juan

This large property is currently a Coffee and fruit plantation and is a multi-purpose opportunity as it perfect to segregate into several development lots. Currently it is divided into 2 lots, one is 800 m2 with main road frontage...

Large 4 Bedroom Central San Ramon

Right in the heart of this growing mountain city, this large 4 bedroom is 1 block from the central park with every amenity at your finger tips, making this Costa Rica property ideal for a home and/or a business....

Brazilian Newspapers Decide to Withdraw from Google News

Latin America News - The Newspaper Association of Brazil (ANJ), which reports 90% of the daily news in Brazil, decided to leave the Google News service and prohibit Google to publish to news search partners. The 154 members of the...

Latin American Economic System Elects New Secretary General

The Council of the Latin American Economic System (SELA) appointed as new permanent secretary, economist Roberto Guarnieri from Venezuela. Guarnieri replace the Mexican José Rivera, according to the decision taken at the end of the XXXVIII Regular Meeting of the...
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Costa Rica: AERIS Advances Expansion and New Parking Improvements at Juan Santamaría International Airport

As part of the modernization and expansion process of the Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) infrastructure, AERIS is progressing...