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Obama eyes Honeywell CEO for deficit panel

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...

Lula focuses on solidarity, investment and Honduran situation

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...

Chinchilla Attends Latin American Summit

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...

Growing wage disadvantage of women compared to men

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...

Costa Rica Pushing to Attract Retirees

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...

ICE asks customers to save energy

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...

Credit card debt accounted for 2.6% of GDP

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...

Immigration and Aliens Police get a personnel boost

by TCRN Staff Starting in 2011 the Immigration and Aliens Police will have 150 new officers, who will be engaged on research work to combat problems such as transnational organized crime. Of these staff, 10% will consist of professionals from different...

Columbian Weapons Cache Seized

by TCRN Staff A massive blow to the infrastructure of armed drug gangs serving troops handed Marines in Tumaco, to dismantle a cache that contained abundant war material. Two people were caught. Spokesmen for the Navy indicated that development of the...

Interview with new US Ambassador to Costa Rica

You arrived during the election. What are your impressions of local politics now? First, congratulations to Laura Chinchilla on her victory in the campaign. She is a very complete candidate and gave a very measured and successful campaign. In the...
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Costa Rican Crew First to Film Predatory Behavior of Newly Discovered Cat in Bolivia

SAN JOSÉ / LA PAZ — A Costa Rica-based documentary team from Botanica Films has made history by becoming...