Nicaragua OKs Chinese-made mega canal that would dwarf Panama
Email this page Simeon Tegel / GlobalPost Nicaragua’s lawmakers have approved a multibillion-dollar plan for a little-known Chinese firm to carve a canal between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans that…
Sunday Commentary: CR ranks 40th – how credible is the “Global Peace Index” ?
Email this page ICR Editor’s note: Costa Rica was recently ranked in 40th place in the so-called “Global Peace Index.” For a country with no military and who prides itself…
In Depth: Latin America: Divided we stand
Email this page United and integrated, the region would be a force to reckon with on the world stage. But does Latin America’s unification reality match up to the rhetoric?…
Costa Rica ranked 40th in Global Peace Index, four spots lower than last year
Email this page June 12th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Internal security and tensions with its northern neighbor, Nicaragua, are some of the reasons cited for Costa Rica falling four spots on the…
Chinchilla directive prohibits public employees from travel on private aircraft
Email this page June 11th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A directive issued by President Laura Chinchilla which went into effect yesterday prohibits any public employee from accepting the use of a private…
Labor unions, others planning national general strike – for their right to strike
Email this page June 10th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rica’s largest public and private labor unions and social organizations are planning a nationwide general strike in protest of labor reforms made…
U.S. tapping Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype, Apple, and more
Email this page June 7th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) On the heels of revelations that U.S. authorities were collecting the call records of millions of Verizon telephone users in the United States,…
China’s Xi inks trade deals with Costa Rica, including $900 million refinery
Email this page June 4th, 2013 (VOA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed a number of major trade deals with Costa Rica, as he continues this week’s tour of Latin…
