Two Children Die in Downtown Escazú Gasoline Station Explosion
Two explosions at the Shell gasoline station at 8:45am, in downtown Escazú, shocked the neighbourhood and caused the death of two children and severe burns in four other persons.

Bicycles on Tracks
Trains are not the only vehicles moving on the railway tracks in Costa Rica now, bicycles are, too.

Exports Recover
Since January 2003, exports fromCosta Rica  – not including those from the free zone system – have steadily recovered, going from almost no growth to close to 13 percent a year, according to data from the Ministry of Foreign Commerce.

Fiscal General Says Has Not Even Seen the Case Files Against Former Presidents Calderón and Rodríguez
In the event he is elected to magistrate of the Sala III, Fiscal General Francisco Dall’Anese, assures that he will not intervene in the cases against former presidents, Rafael Ángel Calderón and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, who will have their date in court for accepting bribes, among other charges.

La Reforma Escape Not Fault Of Guards, Contradicting Government Report
Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos (ANEP) is denying a government report that says the security team at the La Reforma prison was responsible for the escape of eight prisons earlier this month.