Costa Rica’s trade deficit rises 7.5% so far this year
Email this page September 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s trade deficit for the first eight months of the year totaled $4.1 billion, representing a 7.5% increase over the $3.9 billion…
Robbers stick up mourners during wake at church
Email this page September 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Four armed and masked men burst into a church where family members were mourning the death of a loved one, stealing cash, cellular…
Scientists to test new vaccine against dengue fever
Email this page September 27th, 2013 (AFP) – Brazilian scientists will next month begin clinical tests on humans of a new vaccine against dengue fever, a leading Sao Paulo-based biomedical research institute…
Panama slaps $1 million fine on North Korea arms ship
Email this page September 27th, 2013 (AFP) – The Panama Canal Authority announced Thursday that it slapped a $1 million fine on a North Korean cargo ship caught with an undeclared…
OIJ asking for public’s help to identify bandits caught on camera in Heredia
Email this page September 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Heredia Delegation of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying two individuals who were captured on closed-circuit…
Nicaragua accuses Costa Rica of wanting to rebuild an Army
Email this page September 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica is promoting a “fantasy” of an “expansionist” Nicaragua because Costa Rica wants to “rearm itself” and rebuild a…
Poachers sending death threats to conservationists in Guanacaste
Email this page September 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Conservationists working to protect sea turtles and their eggs in Nandayure, Guanacaste, are receiving death threats from poachers who plunder turtle eggs from…
Moody’s lowers outlook on Costa Rica to ‘negative’
Email this page September 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Ratings firm Moody’s lowered its outlook for Costa Rica from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’ this week over concerns about the country’s rising debt burden,…
