Chinchilla: Nicaragua is “practically selling their country,” demands respect for Costa Rican sovereignty
Email this page July 24th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, demanded yesterday that Nicaragua respect Costa Rica’s sovereignty in its bid to open concessions for offshore…
Tensions between Costa Rica and Nicaragua over oil concessions could lead to conflict
Email this page July 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The government of Costa Rica expressed its strong condemnation yesterday over Nicaragua’s plans for oil exploration off both of its coasts, saying…
Solis, winning the initial count, likely the PAC presidential candidate for 2014
Email this page July 23rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Political scientist and historian, Luis Guillermo Solis was has been nominated as the 2014 presidential candidate by the Citizen Action Party (PAC). The…
Panama defends handling of ex-CIA boss
Email this page (AFP) – Panama’s foreign minister on Monday defended his government’s handling of an Italian request for the arrest and extradition of a former CIA station chief wanted…
Poll: Latin Americans prefer China’s influence to that of the U.S.
Email this page July 22nd, 2013 (AFP and ICR) – China’s growing influence in Latin America is preferred in the region over that of the United States, though maintaining strong…
Court rejects bill that would require inmates to work while serving time
Email this page July 22nd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Full Court has rejected a bill that would require prisoners to work while serving their sentences. Judges felt that the measure…
Costa Rica Foreign Minister: “Nicaragua is not a good neighbor”
Email this page July 19th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister, Enrique Castillo, said that relations with Nicaragua “are still very difficult” because the country is “not a good neighbor.”…
Former CIA boss arrested in Panama
Email this page (AFP) – A former CIA station chief in Milan, sentenced to nine years in jail for the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam, has been arrested in…
