Former President Calderón Formally Charged With Corruption
Earlier this week, former president Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier, during a birthday party given for him, announced that he would be running for election in the 2010 presidential elections. Yesterday, the Ministerio Público presented formal charges against the former president and seven others, for their role in the CCSS-Fischel corruption case.

La Nación Accused of Being Untruthful In Its Reporting of the TLC March
A number of citizens have brought and action against the daily Spanish language newspaper for not being truthful and trusworthy in its reports of the protest march of February 26 and have made an appeal before the Constitutional Court (Sala Cuarta) claiming that their rights were trampled on.

Arias Third, Ortega First in Central America Poll Reveals
Costa Rican president, Óscar Arias Sánchez, occupies third place among the leaders of Central America and the Dominican Republic, according to poll by CID Gallup Latin America.

Bird-watchers Set Sights on Costa Rica
Would it surprise you to learn that some of the favorite places to watch birds in Costa Rica are at small roadside eateries?

The Land Of No Army
Every year when I visit Costa Rica to lead a seminar on environmental conflict resolution, I encounter students from all over the world at the University for Peace who marvel at the ability of this nation to live without an army.