In video address, four former Costa Rica presidents urge Legislature to pass Water Resources Act
In a videotaped address being circulated online, four former Costa Rican presidents - Luis Alberto Monge, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Abel Pacheco and Laura Chinchilla - are urging the country’s Legislative…
What crisis? Venezuelan VP says Nicaragua can count on his country for “anything”
Nicaraguans need not worry, because Venezuela will support them with “anything they need” — at least if visiting Vice President Jorge Arreaza is to be taken at his word.At a…
Group seeks Constitutional amendment to allow citizens to sack legislators, president by referendum
A group known as Costa Rica Manda appeared before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) last week to seek permission to begin collecting signatures for a constitutional amendment that would allow…
Former Costa Rica president Miguel Angel Rodriguez to face embezzlement trial
The Criminal Court of Finance announced on Tuesday that it would set a trial date in the case of former Costa Rica president, Miguel Angel Rodriguez and eight codefendants charged…
More than half of Costa Ricans support oil, natural gas exploration: poll
According to the latest opinion poll by the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC), 51.1% of Costa Ricans support exploration for oil and natural gas within national territory.…
President Solis says he agrees with the need for budget cuts
President Luis Guillermo Solis indicated his agreement with Costa Rica’s Comptroller General’s office that new taxes should go hand-in-hand with budget cuts to rein in the country’s swelling fiscal deficit.…
National Academy of Medicine denounces medical marijuana bill
Costa Rica’s National Academy of Medicine has categorically denounced a bill before the Legislature that would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. …
“Marijuana is a plant of God,” says Costa Rica’s Lutheran Church
Gilberto Quesada, president of Costa Rica’s Lutheran Church described marijuana as a “plant of God” in a recent interview with the daily tabloid, Diario Extra.Quesada, expressing his approval for…
