Starbucks encourages Costa Ricans to vote with free coffee
Email this page January 30th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) In order to encourage Costa Ricans to head to the polls for Costa Rica’s general election on Sunday, coffee giant Starbucks announced that…
Producers release “La Caja de Pandora” – documentary explores “crisis” in Costa Rica’s public health system
Email this page Click here to watch the full documentary. January 30th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) A feature-length documentary produced by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) which explores what it describes…
Villalta wants public health to cover sex change surgeries; added tax on fatty foods
Email this page January 29th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican presidential hopeful, José María Villalta and his Frente Amplio party believe Costa Rica’s public health system (known locally as CCSS or…
Nicaragua ratifies amendment scrapping presidential term limits
Email this page MANAGUA, January 29, 2014 (AFP) - Nicaragua’s Congress Tuesday ratified a controversial constitutional amendment scrapping presidential term limits and paving the way for President Daniel Ortega to seek…
Latin American leaders lash out at United States
Email this page HAVANA, January 29, 2014 (AFP) – Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday railed against US spying as he opened a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders –…
18% of gas stations found to have “irregularities” in quantity, quality of fuels
Email this page January 29th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Sixty-two of the 346 gas stations in Costa Rica, or 18%, were found to have irregularities in the quantity or quality of the…
Liberty Reserve founder says he was arrested after refusing to provide source code to FBI
Email this page January 28th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Arthur Budovsky, the man U.S. authorities accuse of being behind the “largest money laundering operation in history” told a Spanish court on Monday…
Some 100 international observers will attend Costa Rica elections
Email this page January 28th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Some one hundred international observers from 25 delegations will attend Costa Rica’s general elections on February 2nd, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) said…
