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6 Presidents, 4 Chancellors, and Numerous Ambassadors Will Be in the Transfer of Powers...
6 presidents and a prime minister are, up to now, the highest positions that will be present in the transfer of powers in Costa...
COSTA RICA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC JOIN EFFORTS TO IMPULSE FAMILY FARMING
San Jose, Costa Rica. Family farmers and officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, attached to the programme "Progress with solidarity" (Prosoli, by its initials...
Unlocking GDP: What’s the Outlook on the Region’s Economies This Year?
By Abelardo Canelo In a strict economic sense, the most representative indicator of a country’s wealth is its gross domestic product or GDP. This is...
Costa Rica among countries that top regional growth
Regional growth will be led by Dominican Republic (6.0%), Panama (5.9%), Nicaragua and Bolivia (4.5%), and Costa Rica (4.3%) at the end of the...
Franklin Chang Pursues Pineapple Fuel Project
A project to generate hydrogen from pineapple waste headed by astronaut Franklin Chang is pending with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MICITT), but...
Chang Holds Press Conference Regarding His Break With Recope for the Costa Rica Hydrogen...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - On Wednesday, Dr. Franklin Chang announced that his company Ad Astra Rocket was ending their relationship with the...
Costa Rican Housewives are the Most Susceptible to Chikungunya
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - According to the Ministry of Health, Costa Rican housewives are the part of the population most affected by...
Recent English Proficiency Report Publishes Shockingly Low Results for Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – According to the English Proficiency Index 2014 (EPI), prepared by Education First (EF), Costa Rica’s English proficiency is...
Norma Torres Becomes the First U.S. Congressman from Central America
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) congratulated the Guatemalan, Norma Torres, who on Tuesday was elected the first U.S....
World Bank Forecasts an Average Growth of 1.2% for Latin America in 2014
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – By teleconference this week, World Bank officials predicted an average growth of 1.2% for Latin America, with a...
Exhibition Generates $60 Million in Costa Rica Exports
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – The sixteenth edition of the BTM Buyers Mission reached $60 million worth of export negotiations after more than...
Guatemalan Organizations Fighting Newly Adopted ‘Monsanto Law’
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) –A group of indigenous organizations in Guatemala today demanded the repeal of the so-called "Monsanto Law" and announced protests...
Miley Cyrus Refused a Concert in the Dominican Republic Due to Conduct
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Offending morals ... that is the reason that the Dominican Republic denied permits for a Miley Cyrus concert. The...
Top Three Medical Tourism Destinations for Costa Rican-Americans
Medical tourism from the United States has increased. The top reasons? Millions of Americans do not obtain a health insurance at all or their insurance...
Six Cases of Chikungunya Confirmed in Costa Rica – Know the Signs!
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Costa Rican health officials confirmed this morning that 40 patient samples from different parts of the country where...
Costa Rica Confirms Its First Case of the Chikungunya Virus in the Country
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) –Last Friday, two people suspected of having the Chikungunya virus have been confirmed by health authorities this morning that the results...
Chikungunya Virus Now Threatens All of Central America and the Caribbean
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Last December the first case of the chikungunya virus was recorded in America, which still has no cure...
New Hemingway Movie Shot On Location in Cuba
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Fidel Castro's rebels line the streets in front of the Government Palace in Havana while loyal soldiers to...
Costa Rica Ministry of Health Concerned About the Chikungunya Virus
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica is concerned about the spread of the chikungunya virus found in...
Costa Rican companies among the most successful in Central America
San Jose - Florida Ice & Farm Co, Café Britt, Intel and Dos Pinos are among the most successful companies in Central America,...
Dominican Republic working to eradicate child laborRepública Dominicana busca erradicar el trabajo infantil
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The number of children working in dangerous or illegal jobs fell 14% in the past 10 years in the...
Publishers Work to Transform Learning In Latin America
FRANKFURT- Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has secured multiple adoptions of its groundbreaking customized education solutions throughout Latin America. From Ecuador and Chile to Panama, Costa...
Ending 4-year battle Costa Rica approves CAFTA
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica is finally ready to join the Central American Free Trade Agreement after a four-year battle in...
Costa Rica Min: Ready To Begin China Free-Trade Talks
SAN JOSE (AFP)--Costa Rica is prepared to negotiate a free trade deal with China next year, the foreign trade minister said here Monday ahead...
