Ex-president Jose Maria Figueres will not run for presidency
Email this page November 1st, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) – Jose Maria Figueres has decided not to become a candidate for Costa Rica’s 2014 presidential elections. “I have decided to focus…
President Chinchilla criticizes gasoline prices, interest rates
Email this page October 28th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) – Costa Rica’s President, Laura Chinchilla criticized high gasoline prices and the long process and paperwork that is necessary every time a reduction…
Strikes and protests continue in Colon, spread to Panama City
Email this page PANAMA – October 26th, 2012 – (InsideCostaRica.com) – Factions against the sale of lands in the Colon Free Zone did not accept the Government’s offer to revoke…
Costa Rica’s taxi drivers prepare protest while “porteadores” threaten national strike
Email this page October 26th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) – Costa Rica’s taxi drivers are organizing a march towards Casa Presidencial, with the intention of demanding the government not to accept the…
BREAKING: Mass protests encircling Costa Rica’s Casa Presidencial
Email this page October 23rd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) – Some 450 taxi and small bus drivers protesting recent legislation have amassed outside Costa Rica’s Casa Presidencial (presidential house). The protestors have…
UPDATED: Protesters, government forces clash in Panama, 9-year-old dead
Email this page COLON, PANAMA – October 22nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) – The government of Panama sent special troops to the Caribbean city of Colon, 50 kilometers north of the capital…
Tica student journalist will be present at 3rd and last U.S. presidential debate
Email this page October 22nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) – Today’s US presidential debate is an exciting and historic day for both citizens of the United States, as well as those around…
Treasury department is millions behind in “Caja” payments
Email this page October 22nd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) – The Treasury Ministry, known as “Hacienda”, bills, collects and threatens those who do not pay their taxes. The same Ministry, however,…
