Lawmakers approve constitutional amendment declaring Costa Rica a “multiethnic country”
Lawmakers on Monday approved a bill in first debate that creates a constitutional amendment declaring Costa Rica a “multicultural and multiethnic” country.…
Dollar gains on Costa Rica’s Colón; Central Bank intervenes
June 2nd, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) The dollar gained 0.7% against Costa Rica’s Colón, or ¢4, in recent days, the result of increased dollar purchases by banks and public institutions, according to…
U.S. raises concerns over proposed GMO moratorium in Costa Rica
The United States is expressing its concern over a proposed 15-year moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified crops, known as GMOs, working its way through Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly.…
President Solis wants ICE to help improve road infrastructure
President Luis Guillermo Solis wants to see the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) assist in public infrastructure projects to help improve the country’s crumbling roadways, the president said on…
U.S. tourist drowns offshore of Costa Rica’s Pacific coast
A tourist from the United States, identified as James Warner, drowned offshore of Puntarenas on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast over the weekend.…
Costa Rica football federation received bribe from U.S. company for Eduardo Li: Prosecutors
According to a 161-page indictment by prosecutors in the United States, the Costa Rican Football Federation (Fedefútbol) received a bribe on behalf of its president, Eduardo Li, from a U.S.…
Latin America hails FIFA indictments that hit long-serving soccer bosses
A sprawling U.S. criminal probe into the "World Cup of fraud" within global soccer touched hard on Latin America and the Caribbean and made clear that many disgusted fans were…
Entire San Jose neighborhood of 5,000 people could lose their homes over one customer’s unpaid water bill
Nearly 1,500 homes in the Metropolis II neighborhood of Pavas in San Jose could be seized and auctioned off, leaving 5,000 people without a place to call home, due to…
