Costa Rica on alert for Chikungunya virus
Email this page May 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health is warning that the Chikungunya virus that has sickened hundreds of people in the Caribbean could appear in…
Costa Rica dengue cases down 67% so far this year
Email this page May 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) The number of reported cases of dengue in Costa Rica are down 67% so far this year compared to the same period in…
Alleged narco-trafficking gang dismantled
Email this page May 23rd, 2014 (ISH) Costa Rican Drug Control Police (PCD) officers arrested nine suspects whose gang allegedly trafficked narcotics from the Central American nation to Europe, Public Security…
Three weeks later, Lake Arenal communities still without phone service
Email this page May 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Residents in several communities on the north side of Lake Arenal continue without landline telephone service since Friday, May 2nd, and three weeks…
Ticos amongst just 2% of Latin Americans rated as having free media
LIMA, Peru — Democracy may have swept almost all of Latin America, but one of its pillars is looking shaky. Press freedom in the region has sunk to a five-year…
Two Canadians and American arrested with cash, drugs, and gun
Email this page May 19th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Two Canadians and an American man were arrested in San José on Friday after agents of the Drug Control Police (PCD) discovered a…
Cuban man remains in Costa Rica airport after three weeks
Email this page May 14th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A Cuban man who claims he would be in danger if deported back to Cuba remains in Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport…
No classes today as teachers continue strike after Monday payment fail
Email this page May 13th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s teachers unions are continuing their nationwide strike today as students continue to stay home. According to union leaders, promised salary…
