Tag: costa rican news
Boeing 787 Has Its First Costa Rican Female Pilot
Priscilla Villalobos became the first Costa Rican Woman to pilot a Boeing 787, as well as a wide-body plane, according to information published by...
Explore Bright Portugal or the Best Thing against Winter Depression
Tourism is booming in Portugal, and despite this destination being so hugely popular, it continues to be one of the best value places to...
Education, Water, and Food: Costa Rican Help that Goes Up to Africa
The word help is taken to a higher level; Javier Camacho Valerio has been developing and leading Apo-Fu, a Costa Rican NGO for the...
Efficient Energy Use
Efficient use of energy is the goal of reducing the amount of energy required to use a certain appliance or product and has become...
Attorney General urges giving free drugs to addicts
by TCRN Staff
The Attorney General, Francisco Dall'Anese is spearheading an initiative to provide, free of charge, substitutes to drug addicts. A plan that aims...
Nicaraguan border reopened for trade
by TCRN Staff
As of yesterday, the border crossing from Costa Rica to Nicaragua at Penas Blancas was reopened for trade, at least for specific...
Taca delays investment in Costa Rica
by TCRN Staff
Roberto Kriete, CEO of TACA Airlines, said yesterday that his company has postponed huge investments in Costa Rica due to infrastructure constraints...
Decline in coffee production attributed to aging plantations
by TCRN Staff
A 35% decline in national production of coffee in the last seven crops have stimulated authorities to the sector to begin seeking...
Debt had the largest increase in 10 years
by TCRN Staff
In 2009 the burden of public debt rose 2.9 percentage points and ended the year in an amount which represented 42.3% of...
After being sidelined, literature will have a presence in the FIA
by TCRN Staff
Just two weeks before the start of the International Festival of Arts (FIA) 2010 organizers announced that literature itself will be included...
