by TCRN Staff
Chile was struck yesterday by an earthquake registering 8.8 degrees on the Richter scale, one of the strongest in history, which killed at least 708, with 15 missing and leaving two million homeless.
President Michelle Bachelet declared the...
by TCRN Staff
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) reported that the new San Jose-Caldera highway is covered by the new 3G cellular network for 90% of the trip.
To achieve this level of signal penetration, ICE placed several "node Bs"...
by TCRN Staff
The U.S. confirmed yesterday that Secretary of State and former first lady, Hillary Clinton, will be visiting Costa Rica next week.
During her stay, Clinton will participate in the Third Ministerial Meeting of the Initiative Paths to Prosperity...
The official confirmed a report in The Washington Post that a Republican and two Democrats had emerged as leading candidates to be among Obama's six appointments to the panel.
The newspaper said that Republican David Cote of Honeywell and Democrats...
by TCRN Staff
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, began on Monday a tour of Mexico, Cuba, Haiti and El Salvador focused on expanding investment, solidarity with Haiti's reconstruction and the search for formulas for a rapprochement...
by TCRN Staff
Playa del Carmen, Mexico - The president elect, Laura Chinchilla, will arrive this afternoon in the Mexican Caribbean area to begin her first contacts with American colleagues.
Chinchilla is expected to accompany the president, Óscar Arias, to the...
by TCRN Staff
A recent study, prepared by the State of the Nation and the National Institute of Women (INAMU), reports that on average a female worker in Costa Rica receives ¢74 to every ¢100 males receive for the same...
by TCRN Staff
Costa Rica hopes that in the next few years to attract 10,000 foreign retirees to make the country their new home thereby generating income on $340 million annually.
This amount would come from house payments, food, medicine and...
by TCRN Staff
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) are calling on its subscribers to save energy during this dry season, before we see a decline in water levels of the major reservoirs.
Greivin Mayorga, deputy electricity ICE, said: "We manage...
by TCRN Staff
The total amount owed on credit cards in Costa Rica accounted for 2.6% of gross domestic product (GDP).
The debt, as reported by various financial institutions to the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (SUGEF), amounted to ¢486.253 million, while...
