Texas-based Valero Energy to sell 14.25 mln barrels of fuel to Costa Rica
Email this page October 9th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Texas-based Valero Energy won a tender by state-ran RECOPE to supply 14.25 million barrels of ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD), jet fuel and…
Scientists who discovered “God Particle” win Nobel Prize
Email this page October 9th, 2013 (VOA) Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain have won the 2013 Nobel Prize for physics for the discovery of the so-called “God…
Authorities respond to report of armed group in mountains of Ciudad Quesada
Email this page October 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Police officers and forces from the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) conducted an operation yesterday in search of an armed group in the…
Heavy vehicles collide with trains in two separate incidents
Email this page October 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A tanker truck, reportedly belonging to Dos Pinos, collided with a train at about 8:45 a.m. yesterday, 500 meters north of La Union…
Central bank raises exchange rate ceiling for dollars to ¢800
Email this page October 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Central Bank has raised the ‘ceiling’ of the dollar exchange rate to ¢800.5, but don’t expect any immediate change in the…
“Perpetual tourists” face problems at Panamanian border
Email this page October 8th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) In recent weeks Inside Costa Rica has received numerous reports from so-called “perpetual tourists” attempting to renew their Costa Rican tourist visa by…
Canadian mining company will move forward with $1 billion lawsuit against Costa Rica
Email this page October 7th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Canadian mining firm, Infinito Gold, announced on Friday that it will move forward with a $1 billion lawsuit against Costa Rica…
Anne Maxine Patton to face retrial in death of husband
Email this page October 7th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Anne Maxine Patton, the U.S. woman who was accused of killing her wealthy husband, John Felix Bender while he slept in their sprawling…
