Chinchilla, Latin American leaders in Cuba against crisis backdrop
Email this page January 28th, 2014 (AFP) – Leaders from across Latin America, including Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla, converged on Cuba on Monday for the summit of a major group…
Chinchilla, LatAm leaders on hand for opening of Cuba “Megaport”
Email this page Additional editing by Inside Costa Rica staff January 28, 2014 (AFP) – While leaders from across Latin America, including Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla, converged on Cuba on Monday…
“Photoshopped” image of PLN campaign rally goes viral
Email this page January 28th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) An image which appeared on PLN presidential candidate, Johnny Araya’s Facebook page has gone viral after users of the social network claimed that…
Accused founder of Liberty Reserve fights extradition to US
Email this page Editor’s note: This story is a follow up to a story published this morning. MADRID, January 27, 2014 (AFP) – The suspected founder of one of the…
Colombia urges global approach to legalising drugs
Email this page DAVOS, January 27, 2014 (AFP) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has called for a scientifically backed international effort to weigh the consequences of legalising marijuana, urging…
Suspect who operated “largest money laundering operation in history” from Costa Rica fighting extradition to US
Email this page January 27th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Arthur Budovsky, the man accused of founding Costa Rica-based Liberty Reserve, has decided to fight U.S. efforts to extradite him from Spain, according…
Latin America pins hopes on Hague to settle scores
Email this page By Alexandre Grosbois | AFP January 27, 2014 (AFP) – Call them symbolic or the stuff of chest-thumping national pride, but a string of rumbling Latin American…
Costa Rica leads Latin America in high-tech exports and is fourth in the world
Growth in the export of medical devices has led Costa Rica to the top spot in Latin America – and fourth in the world – in the export of industrial…
