US taps links to Google, Yahoo data centers: report
Email this page October 31st, 2013 (AFP) – The US National Security Agency has tapped into key communications links from Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post…
Defensoría calling for immediate closure of National Roads Authority (CONAVI)
Email this page October 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) In its most recent audit of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), the Public Ombudsman’s Office, known locally as the Defensoría…
Costa Rica seizes more drugs than Mexico or any country in Central America
Email this page October 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica records the highest amount of drug seizures and arrests in all of Central America, a region where some 900 tons of…
Business climate in Costa Rica improving: World Bank
Email this page October 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica celebrated yesterday after the country climbed seven spots on a World Bank report that ranks the business climate…
Costa Rica’s black population hindered by less education and professional employment
Email this page October 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The average schooling of Costa Rica’s black population over 25 years of age is 8.3 years, a number that falls to just 5.9…
From Berry to Brew: Touring a Coffee Farm in Costa Rica’s Central Valley (PHOTOS)
Located on the fertile slopes of the Alajuela Poas Volcano, the Doka Coffee Estate is widely known throughout Costa Rica and the world for its high quality Arabica coffee. The…
1,272 kilograms of cocaine seized from speedboat in Limon
Email this page October 30th, 2013 (ISH) Costa Rican counter-narcotics agents seized 1,272 kilograms of cocaine off a speedboat in the Caribbean Sea on Oct. 28, the Judicial Investigation Organization…
Overwhelming UN vote against US embargo of Cuba
Email this page UNITED NATIONS, October 30, 2013 (AFP) – A record-equalling 188 countries on Tuesday condemned the five-decade-old US embargo against communist Cuba in an annual UN General Assembly…
