Costa Rican immigration officials arrested for selling visa stamps to “perpetual tourists”
May 22nd, 2015 (InsideCostaRica.com) The head of the Costa Rican immigration office in Sixaola, on the Panama border, as well as another immigration official in the same office, were arrested…
Scotiabank considering bid for Citigroup Costa Rica, Panama: report
Scotiabank is considering a bid to purchase Citigroup, Inc.’s consumer-banking units in Costa Rica and Panama, Bloomberg reported on Friday.…
Spirit Airlines launches four weekly flights between Houston and Costa Rica
Spirit Airlines will begin offering four weekly flights between Houston, Texas and Costa Rica beginning next Thursday, May 28th, the company’s press office reports.…
Nine police officers sentenced for robbing drug traffickers of cocaine in illegal raids
Nine police officers who formerly worked in the Coronado, Moravia, Escazu and Goicoechea precincts were sentenced to between 15 and 28 years in prison for conducting illegal and unauthorized raids…
EU ban on Costa Rican ornamental plants jeopardizes 700 jobs
The European Union has banned the import of certain ornamental plants from Costa Rica due to fears over a bacterium known as Xylella fastidiosa which has been blighting olive trees…
One of Costa Rica’s sextuplets dies; doctors blame underdeveloped lungs
The fourth child born in Costa Rica’s first-ever set of sextuplets died Wednesday afternoon.Doctors blame respiratory failure due to the baby’s underdeveloped lungs, which then led to cardiac arrest,…
Authorities dismantle major drug trafficking ring in Guanacaste in 18 raids
Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) yesterday dismantled an international drug trafficking organization operating in Guanacaste in a series of 18 coordinated raids involving 150 police throughout Guanacaste and the…
Lawmaker wants answers after Costa Rica inexplicably bans import of pork from Chile
Rep. Otto Guevara (ML) is seeking an explanation after Costa Rica’s National Animal Health Service (SENASA), part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) banned the import of pork…
