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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...

The Costa Rica News would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our readers, contributors and advertisers for helping to make this past year wonderful. 2009 bore witness to many changes here at TheCostaRicaNews.com including a complete...

By TCRN Staff The ICE cell phone customers who paid a fee for their TDMA line greater than ¢ 12,500, are entitled to to a refund of the difference when moving to the 3G network.When dealing with migration to new...

By TCRN StaffTaxi fares will increase by 24% on average, according to a recent release by the Regulating Authority of Public Services (Aresep).The basic rate is currently set to increase from ¢455 to ¢510. Meanwhile, each additional kilometer will...

Submitted by: Sarah Rarick According to a survey by Unimer, deliquency, drug trafficking, and insecurity were cited as the most pressing problems for costa ricans.  The general discourse suggests that these problems are entirely new phenomenons here in Costa Rica. ...

The president-elect of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, said Tuesday he wants political amnesty for all those involved in the coup that deposed President Manuel Zelaya and isolated the country.Zelaya, a leftist, was ousted by the army on June 28. De...

TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran president-elect Porfirio Lobo Sosa said on Monday that he will travel to Costa Rica and Dominican Republic to help "normalize" ties with countries in Central America."Tomorrow (Tuesday) we are going to Costa Rica and on Thursday...

TCRN StaffSan Jose. AP. Public Safety officials announced Friday an agreement with unions to improve working conditions of various police forces with an investment of nearly $11million (more than ¢ 6,300 million).The agreement will benefit more than 10,000 officers...