ARESEP approves increase in electricity rates
Email this page December 20th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Public Service Regulating Authority (ARESEP) has approved increases in the electrical rates for 5 of Costa Rica’s electric distributors. The increases vary…
Costa Rica expects to close the year with 2.3 million tourist arrivals
Email this page December 19th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) estimates that Costa Rica will close the year with a total of 2,300,000 total tourist arrivals. …
Costa Rica nominates Foreign Trade Minister to direct the World Trade Organization
Email this page December 19th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica nominated Foreign Trade Minister Anabel Gonzalez for the post of World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General, to succeed the current Director-General, Mr.…
17% of Costa Rican women work as domestic help
Email this page December 19th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) 45.4% of Costa Rican women worked in 2012, for the second consecutive year. Of this percent, it is estimated that 17% work…
Eight businesses raided this year for software piracy
Email this page December 19th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Operations aimed at curtailing software piracy in Costa Rica have resulted in eight raids on businesses, 12 lawsuits, and fines that could reach…
Discount in “Marchamo” for motorcyclists speeds ahead
Email this page December 14th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) A bill that has made its way through Congress and the legislative process in record time was voted on yesterday in first debate…
New wind farm in Santa Ana will generate 15 megawatts of clean energy
Email this page December 14th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The National Light and Energy Company (CNFL, in Spanish) inaugurated the new wind farm, Parque Eolico Valle Central, on Thursday. The park was…
D.A. asks INTERPOL to track down former minister
Email this page December 14th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The former Minister of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT, in Spanish), Francisco Jimenez, left Costa Rica on Wednesday, after a series of arrests…
