National Holiday Tomorrow, Batalla de Rivas
Tomorrow, Monday, April 11, is one of those many strange holidays in Costa Rica. Not strange because it is a holiday or strange for the holiday itself, but strange for how it is celebrated and who gets to celebrate it.

American Tourists Left Without Passports and Money in La Fortuna Break In
Thieves lest eight American tourists without their passports, money, cameras and other personal items on Friday, who were visiting the small town community of La Fortuna de San Carlos.

Inflation 13.61 Percent
The cumulate inflation for the 12 months that ended in March - when consumer prices in Costa Rica went 0.83 percent up - was 13.61 percent, the second highest peak in the last 7 years, after it reached 13.78 percent in September 2004.

Intel's Financial Center
Intel plans to open a financial services hub in Costa Rica next year, which will concentrate all of the accounting operations of the corporation in the continent, including the United States.

Miss Costa Rica crowned Miss Asia Pacific Int’l ‘05
Miss Costa Rica Mundo 2005, Leonora Jimenez Monge, 22, was crowned Miss Asia Pacific International 2005 at the finals in China yesterday April 9.