As U.S. decision looms, President Chinchilla says attack on Syria not the solution
Email this page September 4th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Laura Chinchilla said that a possible attack on Syria over the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons “does not appear to be…
Security forces disperse protesting farmers with tear gas in Perez Zeledon
Email this page September 4th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Security forces in riot gear dispersed with tear gas some 250 corn and bean farmers who were blocking the Interamericana Sur highway at…
Not over: Nicaragua warns Costa Rica it may try to reclaim province in court
Email this page September 3rd, 2013 (AFP & InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, reiterated yesterday that his country reserves the right to lay claim to the province of Guanacaste in…
Former Vice President of Costa Rica dies at 73
Email this page September 3rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Former Vice President of Costa Rica, José Miguel Alfaro Rodriguez lost a long battle with cancer yesterday morning. He was 73 years of…
Costa Rica dismisses Ortega’s invitation to join Central American Parliament
Email this page August 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, invited Costa Rica to join the Central American Parliament (Parlamento Centroamericano, also known as Parlacen) this week. Costa Rica…
Pedro Castro joins President Chinchilla in suing businessman over Facebook post
Email this page August 30th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Transport Minister Pedro Castro has filed a defamation suit against businessman and hotelier Alberto Rodriguez Baldi, the same man against which President Laura…
Planned Nicaragua Canal could change global trade
Email this page Jim Randle / VOA A Hong Kong-based company is working out the route for a canal across Nicaragua that would rival the Panama Canal, bolster world trade,…
In Costa Rica, actor Danny Glover compares Hugo Chavez to Nelson Mandela, says Chavez was his “brother”
Email this page August 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) In an interview published today by the Spanish-language daily La Nacion, American actor Danny Glover describes former Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez as his…
