Exporters fear, warn against floating colon, continue to lose millions to poor exchange rate
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The appreciation of the colon in the last three years has cost exporters of coffee, sugar and meat around $140 million, according to…
Business sector wants government to declare national emergency over electricity rates
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The president of the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Enterprise (UCCAEP), Jaime Molina is calling on the government’s Executive…
Months of protests have resulted in 51 cantons declaring themselves GMO-free
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) After months of protests, lectures, and meetings throughout the country by different groups of activists opposed to genetically modified crops, 51 cantons have…
Indictments handed down in case of 215 handguns stolen from Traffic Police
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Public Ministry has announced the list of those indicted in the case of 215 handguns that were stolen from a Traffic Police…
Man detained with 112 valuable orchids
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Police seized 112 orchids from a man traveling in a vehicle in Bijagual de Upala, Alajuela. Allan Obando, director of the Border…
Starbucks to Create New Farming Research and Development Center in Costa Rica
Email this page March 20th, 2013 – SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To help coffee farming communities around the world mitigate climate change impact, and support long-term crop stability, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX)…
Guanacastecans and government will meet today to seek agreement
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (VoiceofNosara.com) Under the threat of protest by different sectors in Guanacaste, the central government organized a roundtable to dialogue with members of the negotiating…
Environmentalists seek to prevent “mutilation” of National Park for geothermal project
Email this page March 19, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A dozen environmental organizations say they reject the proposed “mutilation” of over 1,000 hectares of Rincon de la Vieja National Park in Guanacaste…
