Electrical fault caused by power surge cripples Legislature
Email this page October 28th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) As the result of a power surge over the weekend that damaged the UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) electrical system of the Legislative Assembly…
Violent clashes grip Costa Rica’s main port city
Email this page October 27th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Demonstrations which began last week after the government sent 150 police officers to retake the country’s Atlantic ports from striking dockworkers took a…
Central America and the Caribbean prepare to stop Ebola
Email this page Costa Rica, Nicaragua have their eyes on shared border used by West Africans en route to the United States By Eduardo Szklarz October 27th, 2014 (Diálogo) Central…
Suspects accused of kidnapping their boss, demanding ¢120 million ransom
Email this page October 27th, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Four Nicaraguan and one Costa Rican man were arrested Friday night on charges of kidnapping a Guápiles businessman and demanding a ¢120 million…
Government sends 150 police, arrests 68 to reopen Limon ports
Email this page October 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) In what is being described as a “surprise attack,” the government sent 150 police officers and made 68 arrests in a move aimed…
More than 70 pre-Columbian artifacts seized from home of Dutch couple
Email this page October 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) More than 70 authentic pre-Columbian artifacts were seized from the home of a Dutch couple in Piedades de Santa Ana yesterday morning. …
Government forms panel to try to reduce electricity rates
Email this page October 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Luis Guillermo Solis inaugurated this week a panel of more than 60 participants who will attempt to develop solutions and public policy…
After five years, two brothers sentenced to five years for stealing cow
Email this page October 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Two brothers were sentenced by the criminal court in Osa, Puntarenas this week to five years in prison for stealing and butchering a…
