Government proposes limits on credit card interest rates
Email this page August 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Laura Chinchilla has signed a bill that would limit the maximum interest rate charged by credit card issuers and department stores. …
Prison inmate at La Reforma struck dead by lightning
Email this page August 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) An inmate of the La Reforma prison in San Rafael de Alajuela died at 3 p.m. on Monday when he was struck by…
Study Adds Lung Damage to Arsenic’s Harmful Effects
Email this page August 27th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Arsenic has been linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease and cognitive deficits. A new study confirms that even low exposure to the toxic element…
Nearly half of Costa Ricans believe home ownership out of reach
Email this page August 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A recent study reveals that 48.9% of Costa Ricans believe that home ownership is out of reach, believing they have little or no…
Costa Rican truckers block Costa Rica-Panama border
Email this page August 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican trucker drivers continued to block the Paso Canoas border with Panama on Sunday. The blockade began on Saturday in protest against…
Assailants spray Colombian embassy in San Jose with gunfire
Email this page August 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Unknown assailants sprayed the Colombian embassy in San José with gunfire in the early hours of Friday morning. Authorities of the Judicial Investigation…
PANI investigating young girl who was working at Hooters
Email this page August 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s child welfare agency, PANI, is looking into the case of a young girl of about 10 years of age who was…
Trails in national parks to be classified according to difficulty
Email this page August 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) has begun a process to classify trails in the country’s national parks by their level of…
