Venezuelan governor seeks asylum in Costa Rica
Email this page January 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The former government of the state of Monagas, in Venezuela, Jose Gergorio Briceno, defected from Hugo Chavez’s government and entered Costa Rica on…
Journalist for La Nacion ordered to pay legal expenses for Chinchilla’s brother
Email this page January 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Judges Grabiela Jara, Hugo Porter and Adriana Tenorio, of the Penal Court of the Second Circuit of San Jose, located in Giocoechea, ordered…
Family-ran drug ring busted in Playas del Coco
Email this page January 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) dismantled this weekend a family-ran organization that allegedly sold drugs in…
New CCSS cancer center to open in June
Email this page January 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) One of the largest public works being undertaken by the government right now is the new chemotherapy and radiotherapy building at Hospital Mexico,…
9 out of 10 corporations have not yet paid tax; deadline on Thursday
Email this page January 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The deadline for payment of annual corporate taxes is Thursday, and as of Friday, only 11% of registered corporations had paid the obligation.…
Authorities confiscate nearly a ton of cocaine
Email this page January 25th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican authorities seized 400 kilos of cocaine in a vehicle on Wednesday, and at least 500 kilos more in a boat yesterday,…
Tourist Police to receive CRC 350 million for more equipment, training
Email this page January 25th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Ministry of Public Security and the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) renewed a cooperation agreement for five years, which aims to further…
Government to promote “green,” electric taxis as part of initiative
Email this page January 25th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Costa Rican government is launching what it calls its “Green Taxis” initiative, under which at least 200 taxi drivers may get the…
