Consortium threatens to stop Panama Canal expansion
Email this page MADRID, January 2, 2014 (AFP) – A Spanish-led consortium threatened Thursday to halt a massive, $5.3 billion (3.9-billion-euro) expansion of the Panama Canal, which handles five percent…
Coopelesca becomes first 100% carbon neutral electric company in Latin America
Email this page December 31st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Rural Electric Cooperative of San Carlos (Coopelesca) has achieved 100% clean energy production and has also become the first electric utility to…
Dollar exchange rate fell by 1%, held between ¢500 and ¢506 in 2013
Email this page December 31st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The price of the dollar in Costa Rica ended the year about 1% lower compared to 2012, and saw less variability in the…
In Washington, ICE gets $1.4 billion in loans for hydroelectric project
Email this page December 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) on Thursday signed a deal in Washington for two loans totaling $1.4 billion USD for the Reventazón…
New Costa Rica-Nicaragua link nearly complete
Email this page December 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The new Santa Fe Bridge, which will provide a new road link and border crossing between Costa Rica and Nicaragua in addition to…
More stringent banking controls could come after narco group found to be operating with collaboration of bank employees
Email this page December 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Public Ministry and the Ministry of Security conducted 18 raids in Limon this week on an international drug trafficking network dedicated to…
Deadline to update your bank details is Sunday or face account closure
Email this page December 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) If you have a bank account in Costa Rica, you have until Sunday, December 22nd to comply with “Know your Customer” regulations in…
US mulls wider trade pact with Latin America
Email this page WASHINGTON, December 16, 2013 (AFP) – The United States is exploring the idea of setting up a wider regional trade pact with Latin America, Secretary of State…
