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Is It Time For Costa Rica to Change Its Gambling Laws?
Costa Rica is renowned for its natural beauty and biodiversity, which tourists from across the world flock to see. It also offers good nightlife...
Costa Rican Car License Plates Ending in Four Must be Renewed by July
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - If your license plate ends in 4 it needs changing, but you have the next three months and...
Costa Rica Hotline Offers $1,500 Reward for Reporting Dog Fighting
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Dog fighting can now be reported through a Costa Rican hotline (8625-6000), where in addition to identifying instances you...
Employers Must Legally Provide Time For Costa Ricans to Vote on Sunday
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - As in the last elections in February, employers must allow their employees to take time to vote on Sunday,...
Costa Rican Brought to Justice for Promoting Dog Fights
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A Costa Rican Court has imposed a sanction against a person that risked an animal’s welfare with dog...
Environmentalists Call for Severe Punishments for Shark Finning in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Environmental groups have called on the government of Costa Rica to sanction new punishments for the practice of...
Costa Rica Restores Biomedical Research
The Costa Rican News (TCRN) - Costa Rica is headed for legislative approval of a bill that restores biomedical research, after the Constitutional Court...
Court Decision Could Overrule Zoo Prohibition in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A ruling of the Administrative Court precludes the government of Costa Rica from regaining control of two zoos...
Costa Rica Creates Legislation to Prevent Torture in Prisons
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla, today signed a law that legally establishes a national mechanism for the prevention...
Costa Rica Leads the Way for Strengthening Child Pornography Penalties
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Britain has outlined a series of legal reforms similar to those implemented by Costa Rica late last year...
Costa Rica Prepares to Replace 70 Year Old Water Laws
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The government of Costa Rica announced today that it has almost completed a new draft for laws on...
Foreigners Can Easily Obtain a Driver’s License in Costa Rica
Foreigners may now skip some of the steps originally required to obtain a Costa Rica driver's license, making the process much easier and hopefully more pleasant.
Smoking Ban in Costa Rica
The anti-smoking bill was the topic of debate last Monday in the Legislative Assembly commission in Costa Rica.
Barrantes & Associates: Meeting Legal Needs in Costa Rica
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Costa Rica will now publish new laws in digital format
An agreement of the Administrative Board of the National Press, endorsed Tuesday by the Governing Council, will allow bills, laws, agreements and executive orders to have the same force on the internet as on paper.
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...
