Lawmakers will get 46 days off beginning December 23rd
Email this page December 3rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) In a 38-16 vote, lawmakers approved a bill that will provide legislators 46 paid days off beginning December 23rd. Lawmakers will return to…
ICE workers preparing for “indefinite strike” in 2014
Email this page December 3rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The labor union known as FIT, which represents workers of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), has announced that ICE workers are preparing…
Costa Rica celebrates 65th year without a military
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica celebrated its 65th year without a military yesterday, December 1st. On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica abolished the military of Costa…
Costa Rica to provide financial info on US account holders in agreement against tax evasion
Email this page December 2nd, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) The United States has signed agreements with the Cayman Islands and Costa Rica to counter offshore tax evasion, the US Treasury…
US Secretary of State says “Monroe Doctrine” for Latin America is over
Email this page November 18, 2013 (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday declared that a nearly 200-year-old policy which had governed Washington’s relations with Latin America…
Biden thanks Panama for Cuba, N. Korea arms interception
Email this page PANAMA CITY, November 20, 2013 (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden thanked Panama Tuesday for detecting a controversial shipment of Cuban arms headed for North Korea…
REGION: Ecuador’s Correa says he will resign if Chevron proves interference
Email this page QUITO, November 20, 2013 (AFP) – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has promised to resign if Chevron proves his government interfered in a trial over Amazon pollution that…
US vice president in Panama today to discuss canal expansion
Email this page November 18th, 2013 (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden begins an official visit to Panama Monday for meetings on the expansion of the canal, which could have…
