Interest Rates Lowered, Banks to Increase Their Reserves
The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) - the central bank - announced changes that can reduces interest rates paid to depositors and at the same time offer depositors more security of their banking institution, forcing banks to increase their reserves to 15% for the current 12%.

Record Number of Political Parties Registered for 2006 Election
According to figures released by the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) - the government agency in charge of the upcoming elections - there has been an increase in the number of political parties that will participate in the February 2006 election.

Domestic Violence on the Increase
Lately Costa Rica has been experiencing a wave of domestic violence unseen before in the country.

Deputies Are Becoming Impatient Over Figueres
What ever happened to former president José María Figueres Olsen? Remember a short while back he figured in the daily headlines and then nothing.

Personality of the Year
The former president of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR)  Eduardo Lizano was bestowed with the Personality of the Year 2005 award of the by The Financial Times.

Know What A Perito Is?
For those not native to Costa Rica it is not a dog but an inspector.