Gasoline sector promises strike if prices are reduced
Email this page March 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Fuel Business Chamber warned that its members would strike indefinitely if the official newspaper La Gaceta publishes a recent decision to lower…
U.S. Citizen and Canadian arrested for selling marijuana brownies at farmers’ market
Email this page March 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Police detained a U.S. citizen and a Canadian who were producing and selling brownies containing marijuana. According to information provided by the Ministry…
Constitutional Court says no more prisoners can be accepted at La Reforma Prison
Email this page March 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court (Sala IV), ordered the Ministry of Justice to not accept any more prisoners to the La Reforma prison due…
U.S. says cocaine and Internet gambling are the main sources of money laundering in Costa Rica
Email this page March 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The proceeds of cocaine trafficking and Internet gambling represent the largest portion of funds that are laundered in Costa Rica, according to the…
Bar served as site to prostitute 15-year-old Nicaraguan girl
Email this page March 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A bar in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Heredia, served as a site for prostituting a 15-year-old Nicaraguan girl, and others, for 10,000 colones…
Drug traffickers, money launderers taking advantage of struggling hotel owners
Email this page March 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Judicial authorities say that drug traffickers and money launderers have set their sights on struggling hotel owners, as the sector struggles under a…
Two more quakes shook Costa Rica over the weekend
Email this page March 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Two earthquakes once again rocked Costa Rica in the early morning hours on Saturday. The first, with a magnitude of 3.8 on the…
Four lawyers accused of defrauding German woman out of $50 million – for the second time
Email this page March 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Four lawyers were arrested yesterday, accused of mismanaging $50 million in cash and property belonging to a German woman. The accused are…
