Costa Rica’s AutoMercado supermarket chain plans major expansion with 18 new stores
High-end supermarket retailer, AutoMercado plans to invest US $72 million between 2016 and 2024 to open 18 new locations at a cost of US $4 million each, company president, Guillermo…
Costa Rica celebrates 67 years without a military
Costa Rica commemorated with an official ceremony Tuesday the dissolution of its army and hailed the nation's culture of peace.The event, held at the National Museum, was presided over by…
Transsexuals are welcome at female-only bank, Banca Kristal, if their ID cards have “female name”
The controversial women’s-only bank, Banca Kristal will accept transsexual women as customers if their national ID card (cedula) indicates their sex as female or if the “CC” (conocido como, “known…
As number of Cubans stranded in Costa Rica continues to grow, Cuba urges US to end “wet foot, dry foot”
Cuba on Monday asked the United States to put an end to the policy that allows Cubans who reach American soil to stay claiming that it spurs illegal immigration and…
World leaders seek climate breakthrough in Paris
Some 150 heads of state and government, including U.S. President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, urged each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining…
From rape and murder to robbery, more than 90 percent of crimes in Costa Rica go unpunished
The Impunómetro uses reported crime figures from the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) for 2014 to determine what percentage of those crimes went unpunished as of the end of 2015,…
Cubans protest at Ecuadorian Embassy over new visa requirement
From the early hours Friday, citizens arrived at the embassy, which was surrounded by a police cordon, to demand answers about the new measure adopted by the Quito government amid…
Women’s-only bank, Banca Kristal plans to expand to 20 branches in 2016, but may not be the best choice for women
The controversial women’s-only bank, Banca Kristal plans to open a total of 20 branches during 2016 at a cost of about $400,000 per branch, but if one of its flagship…
