Former Banco Elca Investors and President Sue Bank Regulator
Investors of the now gone Banco Elca have made a formal charge against the officials of the Superintendecia General de Entitades Financieras (SUGEF) - the regulator  of banks and financial institutions.

"Gavilanes" Earn A Living From the Chaos at the Peñas Blancas Border
The chaotic situation at the Peñas Blancas border with Nicaragua assures the "gavilanes" - young men and women hustlers - an daily income as they help out, for a fee, foreigners fill out their paperwork and in many cases get ahead of the line.

Costa Rica Placed 43rd in List of Best Places to Live
The magazine "International Living" places Costa Rica in 43rd in list of  places of the best countries to live. The list includes 191 countries reviewed in 2006.

Crusade for Whales
Several environmental and non-government groups and institutions launched a campaign to protect whales.

Ecological Bridges
The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) - Costa Rican Power and Telecommunications Institution - is placing “bridges” that enable animals such as monkeys and sloths, among others, to move from one tree to another over roads, in order to prevent their being run over by vehicles or receiving lethal electrical shocks when trying to cross over power lines.