President Solis says he agrees with the need for budget cuts
President Luis Guillermo Solis indicated his agreement with Costa Rica’s Comptroller General’s office that new taxes should go hand-in-hand with budget cuts to rein in the country’s swelling fiscal deficit.…
La Nacion, El Financiero begin charging for online access
Grupo La Nacion (GN), Costa Rica’s largest news publisher, began charging for online access to its flagship newspaper La Nacion and its business and finance newspaper, El Financerio on Tuesday.…
National Academy of Medicine denounces medical marijuana bill
Costa Rica’s National Academy of Medicine has categorically denounced a bill before the Legislature that would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. …
RECOPE requests another significant hike in gasoline prices
The Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE) is seeking another significant hike in the price of gasoline in its latest request to the regulator ARESEP. …
Prison needs better mattresses for conjugal visits: Costa Rica high court
After appeals by prisoners serving time in the maximum security unit of Costa Rica’s La Reforma Prison, the country’s Constitutional Court has ordered that better mattresses be provided for conjugal…
U.S. citizen missing in Jaco Beach is Rhode Island police officer
A U.S. citizen missing in the waters of Costa Rica's Jaco Beach since Saturday is a 30-year-old Bristol, Rhode Island police officer identified as Richard Jean-Georges.His father, Manny Jean-Georges Sr.,…
U.S. citizen missing in Jaco believed to be 30-year-old Rhode Island poice officer
A U.S. citizen whose identity has not been officially released is believed by Inside Costa Rica to be a 30-year-old Rhode Island man identified as Richard Jean-Georges, who has been…
“Marijuana is a plant of God,” says Costa Rica’s Lutheran Church
Gilberto Quesada, president of Costa Rica’s Lutheran Church described marijuana as a “plant of God” in a recent interview with the daily tabloid, Diario Extra.Quesada, expressing his approval for…
