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by TCRN StaffThe French company Alcatel is required to pay ¢5,600 million as a form of social redress to the community for the alleged payment of bribes to public officials.The Attorney General's Office said Friday that a Criminal Court...

by Gringa en CRJust because the rules have changed, doesn’t mean the incompetency of Costa Rica’s immigration system has been fixed.Last week I received a necessary document from CR Migracion that was supposed to accurately detail my personal history...

Contributor – Meditations Martin LeFerveFog enshrouds the town as I enter the mountain community from the valley below. With a few hundred meters more of elevation, the fog clears, though the skies remain cloudy. Reaching the man-made lake, there is...

by TCRN StaffAs of yesterday, the border crossing from Costa Rica to Nicaragua at Penas Blancas was reopened for trade, at least for specific products.According to Amparo Pacheco, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, after being closed...

by TCRN StaffHundreds of pirate taxi drives turned San Jose and surrounding areas in chaos yesterday by blocking streets, slowing down traffic and precipitating violence that prevailed during the early morning hours.The drivers, untied in the National House of...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqis on Sunday for voting in a parliamentary election despite bomb and rocket attacks that killed at least 38 people."I have great respect for the millions of Iraqis who refused to be...

Contributor – Meditations Martin LeFerveOrcas (“Killer Whales”) are probably the smartest animals on earth other than humans (“Killer Apes”). A caged and exploited member of their species, “Tilly,” allegedly aggravated by a trainer’s ponytail, snuffed out her life at SeaWorld...

by TCRN StaffMore than 1,000 people from across the country met yesterday in La Sabana in San Jose and enjoyed music, dancing and talks to celebrate the exhibition of Women's Rights. The meeting was part of the activities planned...

by TCRN StaffThe authorities Wednesday broke up a Colombian drug money laundering network which, according to reports from the OIJ, the Drug Control Police (PCD), was composed of Colombians and Costa Ricans, that "laundered millions of dollars" in the...

by TCRN StaffThe Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has once again postponed the sale of prepaid cell lines to late March early April.Originally they had announced in February to begin the marketing of 110,000 GSM connections, but it did...