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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...

By TCRN StaffThe National Emergency Commission (CNE) surveyed the area surrounding Turrialba yesterday afternoon and decided to raise the alert status of an eruption to yellow due to the sharp drop of sediment.The yellow alert means that local emergency...

By TCRN STAFFA strong sediment eruption of Turrialba volcano yesterday afternoon forced the CNE to evacuate two villages close to the mountain and take preventive measures, fearing a possible emergency of greater magnitude.A total of 40 people in the...

by TCRN StaffThe company Highways of the Sun said yesterday that the amounts payable at each toll collection station will remain unchanged from any further period home 01 of January 2010.As indicated, as of that date, almost all of...

by TCRN StaffIf market inflation expectations become a reality next year like they have in the past, the indicator would have a 131% growth within 12 months.According to the latest survey of expectations by the Central Bank of Costa...

By TCRN StaffThe death toll from the New Year's Day landslide that struck a Brazilian island resort has now reached 26. The slide swept down the hillside, obliterated multiple homes and carried a luxury hotel into the sea on...

By TCRN Staff20 percent of the 200 patrol cars that the Chinese Government donated only a year before to the Ministry of Public Security are currently out of service.According to official reports, these 40 vehicles suffered from various mechanical...

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