Lawyer sentenced to nine years for bogus marriages
A lawyer was sentenced Monday by the Justice Tribunal of San Jose to nine years in prison for registering several false marriages between 2004 and 2007.…
Bill to slash $114 million from 2015 budget will head to Legislative Assembly
A bill that would slash more than ¢60 billion (~$114 million USD) from the government’s regular 2015 budget is ready to be sent for vote before the plenary of Costa…
IMF forecasts 3.8% growth in Costa Rica economy for 2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that the Costa Rican economy will grow by 3.8% this year in its Global Economic Prospects report released Tuesday.The forecast slightly exceeds an…
Business chamber seeks injunction against requirement to provide shareholder information
Costa Rica’s Chamber of Industry (CICR) is seeking an injunction and legal review against a decision by the Directorate General of Taxation (DGT) that forces large companies to provide information…
Firefighting drones could help save Costa Rica’s tropical forests
In Sector Pocosol, an administrative section of Costa Rica’s Santa Rosa National Park, there’s a wide, open field of browned grass. Its perimeter is guarded by towering trees, branches barren…
Suspect in La Cruz triple murder arrested in Nicaragua after more violent attacks
A Nicaraguan man who Costa Rican authorities seek in a gruesome triple murder in La Cruz, Guanacaste, has been captured in Nicaragua, where the man was also a suspect in…
Costa Rica shark finners fly fins to U.S. en route to Hong Kong, documents reveal
Conservation groups Turtle Island Restoration Network and PRETOMA have found evidence that the fins of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) are being flown from Costa Rica to Hong Kong by way…
Latest eruption of Turrialba Tuesday morning produced ash column 2,000 meters high
Costa Rica’s Turrialba volcano erupted again at 2:07 a.m. Tuesday morning, producing a column of ash that reached 2,000 meters high over the volcano’s crater, according to the Volcanological and…
