47% of Costa Ricans support a secular state
Email this page April 1st, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Catholic Church may be loosing its grip on Costa Rica. According to a survey by Unimer, conducted for the newspaper La…
President Obama to visit Costa Rica in May
Email this page March 28th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) President Barack Obama of the United States will visit Costa Rica in May, according to a statement sent to Inside Costa Rica by the…
Organization calls on Costa Rica to stop sending police to School of the Americas
Email this page March 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The organization SOA Watch, founded by former priest, Roy Bourgeois and which describes itself as a non-violent grassroots movement to close the controversial…
Months of protests have resulted in 51 cantons declaring themselves GMO-free
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) After months of protests, lectures, and meetings throughout the country by different groups of activists opposed to genetically modified crops, 51 cantons have…
Guanacastecans and government will meet today to seek agreement
Email this page March 20th, 2013 (VoiceofNosara.com) Under the threat of protest by different sectors in Guanacaste, the central government organized a roundtable to dialogue with members of the negotiating…
While most of CR celebrates new Pope, one lawmaker boycotts, calls Church “misogynist”
Email this page March 14th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) While most of Costa Rica celebrated the arrival of the new Pope yesterday, one PAC lawmaker was not interested in voicing her congratulations…
Minister of Communication says there is “no logical explanation” for Chinchilla’s low approval rating
Email this page March 14th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Communication Minister, Francisco Chacon, said there is no logical explanation for the result of a recent survey by polling company Unimer in which…
Costa Rica has more than $7 billion in unused foreign loans
Email this page March 13th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Costa Rican government has $7.2 billion in foreign loans and credits for new infrastructure that remain unused, despite the fact most of…
