2012 October - Costa Rica Magazine

Inferior Implant Man Is Free From French Prison
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | QNews MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – The Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants has been...
Marchamo Collection Begins Mid-November
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | QCosta Rica In mid-November the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) will launch the annual campaign of collecting the Marchamo, the...
Costa Rica Flights To and From New York Cancelled
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica Hundreds headed for the Northeast coast of the United States have been stranded in Costa Rica since...
Controversial Labor Reform Bill Presented
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica Public employees’ job performance is evaluated each year and the workers treated with a bonus for excellence,...
Slaves of Organized Crime in Latin America
By Rico on November 11, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica In Latin America, the word slavery tends to conjure images of indigenous people subjected to forced labor...
BCR Temporarily Suspends Drivers License Service
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica | Traffic Law Costa Rica The introduction of the new traffic law last Friday and the inability...
Foreign investment in Costa Rica Falls
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica Foreign investment in Costa Rica, fell by 5% during the first half of the year compared with...
Apple iPhone 5 on sale in Costa Rica By December
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Saturday 27 October 2012 | QTechnology Apple Inc’s latest handset, the iPhone 5, is expected to be on sale in Costa Rica by December, according...
Nicaragua Intercepts Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Saturday 27 October 2012 | QNews Central America (Prensa Latina) The Nicaraguan Army captured another shipment of drugs, money and fuel in the last hours,...
Panama Sues Law to Repeal Land Sales
By Rico on October 27, 2012
Saturday 27 October 2012 | QNews Central America (Prensa Latina) The Broad Front (FA) and the Chamber of Commerce of Colon stated today that the...
The New Traffic Law And How It Affects Foreigners in Costa Rica
By Rico on October 27, 2012
Saturday 27 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica | Source: Traffic Law Costa Rica Costa Rica has a new traffic law that aims to correct...
Blown away by hands-free umbrella?
By Rico on October 27, 2012
There’s Got To Be A Better Solution A hands-free umbrella designed to withstand winds of up to 80 km/h could help battle the heavy rains...
Costa Rica Business Sector Worried About Free Trade with Colombia
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Saturday 27 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica | Source: Costa Rica North The possible signing of a Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and...
Today In The Life Of Our Government
By Juan Sebastian Campos on May 13, 2013
With all of the truly important things requiring immediate attention, Costa Rica has recently opted to side step those challenges and come up with a...
Vargas Sentenced to 60 Years
By Rico on November 5, 2012
Saturday 27 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica | Source: Fijatevos.com A U.S. Federal judge, John Gibney Jr., Tuesday sentenced Costa Rican businessman Minor Vargas...
Skip Salenius Headed To Race In Costa Rica This Coming Weekend
By Rico on February 5, 2013
Saturday 27 October 2012 | QNews Costa Rica | Source: Roadracingworld.com AMA Pro road racer Skip Salenius will be re-entering the race scene this coming...
Cerveceria Costa Rica to buy North American Breweries
By Rico on November 5, 2012
(Reuters) – Costa Rica’s brewery, the Cerveceria Costa Rica, struck a deal to buy privately held North American Breweries, which sells Genesee and Labatt beer...
Apple Unwraps Mini-iPad
By Rico on November 13, 2012
Apple Inc will begin to sell an 8-inch version of the iPad to compete with Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle and other smaller tablets, but it set...
Fidel Castro slams rumors about his health
By Rico on October 25, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012 – QNews Latin America Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro published an article and photos Monday in state-run media in response to...
Steamy Divorce Parties for Women in Costa Rica: A New Hot Trend
By Rico on February 5, 2013
Thursday, October 25, 2012 – QNews Costa Rica | Source: Costa Rica Star As evidenced by the recent media coverage of the Summer Olympics in...