Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court rules against Presidency for blocking user on Twitter
Email this page December 6th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The twitter user @MarvinSchult lodged a complaint in Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court after the Twitter account belonging to the Presidency of Costa Rica…
Semi-submersible narco-submarine intercepted, sinks with suspect and cocaine
Email this page December 6th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) A small submarine was intercepted on Tuesday night, the type that has come to be known as a ‘semi-submersible.’ The Costa Rican Coastguard…
Costa Rica’s Chinatown opened yesterday
Email this page December 6th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) With music, dances and various activities, hundreds attended the inauguration of the new Chinatown in San Jose yesterday, including the mayor of…
ICE wants more electric rate hikes starting January 1st
Email this page December 6th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Industrial Chamber of Costa Rica expressed its opposition of rate hikes for electricity yesterday during a public hearing of the regulatory authority…
Walmart faces 29 complaints from shoppers caught in chaos Saturday morning
Email this page December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Ministry of Economy began an investigation on Monday, in order to find the exact cause of the chaos that occurred during a…
Costa Rica receives donation, loan as part of “cooperation agreement” with China
Email this page December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica yesterday afternoon signed four new agreements of cooperation with the President of the National Committee of the Chinese…
Lack of competition fuels high drug prices in Costa Rica
Email this page December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Little or no competition in the local private pharmaceutical sector, the result of a highly concentrated industry, results in Costa Rica being one…
March against Monsanto GMO’s reaches San Jose, decision stalled
Email this page December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) After a one week, 200-kilometer journey which began in Gauancaste, marchers fighting against a plan that would introduce genetically modified Monsanto corn into…
