World News

by TCRN StaffAlthough 2009 was not the best year for the Latin America economy, the region remained stronger than most other regions, such as, North America, Europe, Africa, and some parts of Asia.GDP shrunk 2.6 percent, however Latin...

by TCRN StaffAt the close of negotiations last Friday regarding the proposed Free Trade Agreement with Singapore, it would appear that Costa Rica will indeed get immediate duty-free access for all products of interest that were requested.For Costa Rica's...

by TCRN StaffA new service is now in place to help keep drunk drivers off the roads.The National Insurance Institute (INS) has set up over 300 associations with taxis and other drivers to offer free driver service home if...

by TCRN StaffRescuers from around the world searched yesterday for survivors in the wreckage of the earthquake which struck Haiti on Tuesday, as American troops began to distribute food and water among the population.Despite the large amount of aid...

by TCRN StaffThe earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday threatens to disrupt the process of recovery that had begun years ago in the impoverished country, experts fear."It is not only unprecedented destruction. The quake abruptly halted a good start,"...

by TCRN StaffThe Haitian capital was transformed into a giant cemetery after the quake that the government says will have caused over 100,000 deaths.Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second night outdoors, without water or electricity because of...

by TCRN StaffAlthough the rain has subsided a bit resulting in a marked drop in the water height of the rivers, hundreds of homes in the Caribbean, Sarapiqui and the north remain flooded.Rivers such as the Parismina, Jimenez, Silencio,...

by TCRN StaffPerhaps you have never heard of fruits like güiscoyol the olozapo, the Rukan, black sapote, the borojó or ocarí.All grow in Costa Rica and were part of the diet of the ancestors of Ticos, but today they...

by TCRN StaffAccording to senior vice president of Latin American operations for the U.S. software company Infor, Robert Farici, the growth in Latin America comes from companies involved in banking and finance, manufacturing processes, agribusiness and logistics management.Farici explained...

by TCRN StaffThe President, Óscar Arias Sánchez, and much of his cabinet, pledged yesterday those displaced by the Turrialba eruptions that at the beginning of next week they will provide better conditions in housing and food that as well...