Costa Rican scientist’s plasma engine ready for space
Email this page February 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican scientist and astronaut, Franklin Chang, is about to fulfill a dream. His plasma engine, known as the Variable Specific Impulse…
Group warns of diseases spread by fleas, lice, mites, and ticks
Email this page February 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Rickettsial diseases are caused by a group of bacteria that are transmitted by fleas, lice, mites, and ticks, and can have a high…
President of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court Dies
Email this page February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Judge and President of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica, Luis Paulino Mora, died Sunday night. He was 69 years old. Mora,…
Debt of more than $1.5 million may have led to triple murder in La Fortuna
Email this page February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) According to sources, an alleged debt of approximately $1.5 million may have led to the murder of businessman Geovanny Soto, 52 in La…
Dollar hits the bottom of the exchange rate floor
Email this page February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The fall in the value of the dollar on Thursday of last week put an end to the three week absence of the…
Government wants inter-agency commission to regulate gun ownership in Costa Rica
Email this page February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A replacement text submitted by the Ministry of Public Security aims to create an interagency committee which would regulate the possession of firearms…
Meteor hits Russia, more than 900 injured
Email this page February 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A meteor broke up in the skys over Russia’s Urals district early this morning, producing a massive audible explosion whose shockwave broke…
Government abruptly takes gay union bill off the table
Email this page February 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) With an abrupt announcement on Wednesday, the executive branch called off the “cohabitation societies” bill, which was intended to offer legal protections for…
