Telecom Services To Increase 25% If TLC Approved, Opposition Says
The referendum on the Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) - free trade agreement with the United States - is still months away, however, the campaign to sway the vote has just begun.

Ticos With Good English, Study Shows
More and more Costa Ricans are looking at learning the English language as a step to better jobs in the future. And the results of that effort are already being felt as dozens of service companies have already set up shop in the country and more to follow.

NASA To Set Up Base in Costa Rica To Study Effects Of Global Warming
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has chosen Costa Rica for its operations research base on the stuyd on the impact of tropical clouds on global warming.

Trips Take Aim at High Health Costs
If you're a multitasker who inexplicably desires to combine knee-replacement surgery with a family vacation to Singapore, or perhaps twin a heart bypass with some sun and beach in Costa Rica, the May issue of Fortune Small Business will entice as it unveils the growing, cost-cutting universe of medical vacations.

Formula 1 Race Cars Closed Safe Driving Week
Hundreds of Costa Ricans, the majority young, were out to see the Formula 1 (F-1) exhibition in La Sabana yesterday as the Próspero Fernández highway was closed off from the east end of the Sabana park to the Pavas turn off.