Sala IV Orders CCSS To Buy Expensive Medications
The Sala Constitucional (Constitutional Court) or Sala IV as it often known as, has been very busy these past few weeks. From having to decide on whether two young girls should have the right not to be visited by their grandparents, to the Zapote annual fair, the Sala IV touches the lives of every Costa Rican.

Red Cross May Take Out "21" With Court Action
Joining the fight by Junta de Protección Social de San José (JPS) to rid the streets of the "21 de la suerte" lottery game is the Cruz Roja Costarricense (Red Cross), who this week is expected to appeal to the Constitutional Court to suspend the game.

Skeptical and Apathetic
While Costa Ricans currently enjoy the most opportunities ever of partaking in public decisions, they do not consider themselves an integral part of politics.

Social Investment Erodes
The per capita public social investment dropped 6.3 percent during the last three years, the 2006 State of the Nation Report found.

Keep Brains at Home
President Oscar Arias pointed out that Costa Rica must export goods rather than brains, as is the case elsewhere in Central America.

Profitable Environmental Protection
Fifty visitors from Colombia, Switzerland, Denmark, and the United States toured Rafael Serrano’s small coffee farm, where he showed the visitors how protecting the environment improved his plantation and that accounts for more income.