Costa Rica News
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Costa Rica vs. Panama Tonight: The BIG One!
If CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying ended ahead of tonight’s game, Costa Rica would be off to Brazil while Panama would be going on summer vacation. Both sides have played five matches coming into Tuesday’s showdown in San José, and at the halfway point of the...
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Costa Rica Immigration Facilitates Foreigner Work Permits
Starting today and for the next three months, the immigration service will facilitate the processing of work permits for foreigners. The mechanism is aimed specifically at workers in the construction, agriculture and domestic services sectors. The idea is to facilitae the procedures for foreigners, with...
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Avoid La Sabana Tonight If At All Possible
For those heading out to the game tonight or live or just happen to be hanging out in La Sabana tonight, remember, it will be a traffic nightmare and complete zoo. More than 700 police officials, a combination of members of the Fuerza Publica and...
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San José Gay Pride Festival June 28-30
San José will celebrate sexual diversity with a three-day festival, starting Friday June 28. The “Festival de la Diversidad Sexual” will include activities for the entire family and a massive march. The Festival will kick off at the movie theatre in the Plaza de las...
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“Platina” Bridge Repair May Be Delayed
The repair to the “Platina” bridge will be delayed, informs the Consejo Nacional de Vialidad (Conavi), due to a error in the bidding process. The Conavi says it budgeted 5% more than the US$8 million authorized by the Contraloría General de República (CGR) – Comptroller’s...
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NatGeo Shines Light On Murder of Jairo Mora in Costa Rica
National Geographic News – The murder of an environmental activist in Costa Rica has shaken the country’s ecology-minded public and has cast a light on what appears to be the growing overlap between animal poaching and drug trafficking on the country’s Caribbean coast. Early...
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Costa Rican Awarded Two Guinness Records
The friendly and happy face on Saturday television is more than an institution. Some even call Inés Sánchez de Revuelta a phenomenon. The Cuban born journalist, naturalized Costa Rican, has been on local television for the past 50 years with her television show, Teleclub. For...
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This Week Is “Road Safety Week” In Costa Rica
Today begins “road safety week” in Costa Rica with the official ceremony held next to the pedestrian bridge in Santa Ana, o the Ruta 27, in front of the Forum. The Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) has planned a week of activities that inclued guided...
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Three Costa Ricans Recognized Among World’s 100 Guardian Angels of the Planet
Randall Arauz (of Petroma), Alex Khajavi (of Nature Air) and Carlos Manuel Uribe (of Amigos de la Isla del Coco) are included in the list of world’s most influential environmentalists and share place with legendary fighters from natural resources such as Paul Watson of the Sea...
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La Sele Aims To Increase Gap Heading Into 2014 World Cup
La Sele, Costa Rica’s national soccer team, is back home Tuesday night to take on Panama at the national stadium in San José. The Ticos put in a gritty performance against Mexico last time out, their organized rearguard leading the way to a 0-0 draw...
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So Far This 484 complaints of Abuse of Seniors
Getting obscene gestures from bus drivers tops the list of complaints by seniors who take public transportation, according to the Consejo Nacional de la Persona Adulta Mayor (CONAPAM). Seniors get a discount on all public buses and routes. Some bus drivers don’t like it and...
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Drunk Driving Focus of Traffic Spotchecks
Desamparados is one of the most densely populated area of San José. As such the Policia de Tránsito often set up their spotchecks or “operativos” in the area of Parque de la Paz, on the Circunvalacion, one of the main access to the south side...
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Global Expansion of Synthetic Drugs places Costa Rica On Alert
Spurred on by globalization, the legal high and synthetic drug market is causing a “fundamental shift” in consumption patterns, an EU agency has warned. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction released a report Tuesday which says consumers in Europe are turning to...
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Nicaragua 6.5 Earthquake Felt in Costa Rica
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit on Saturday off the Pacific coast of the central American nation of Nicaragua, the U.S. geological survey said. The quake was recorded at 11:34am local time. The USGS reported the quake’s location as about 50 KM west of Masachapa, in...
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Being An INS Agents Beats Being a Teacher!
Wow! If you think that being a teacher may be hazardous to your health (see: Paid Teachers Sick for Decades), it’s a vacation compared with being an insurance agent — or so it would seem from the figures from the universal health care system (Caja)....
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Economy To Grow Less That 4% Forcast
According to the Banco Central (Central Bank), Costa Rica’s...
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Tough Anti Tobacco Regulations
On June 26, severe regulations of the anti-tobacco law...
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Not So Fast With Carbon Neutral
The words “Carbon Neutral”, certainly melds with the newest...
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[Video] Scott Oliver Inteview With Alleged Kidney Transplant Trafficker
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Doctor Arrested For Organ Trafficking Offered Kidney Transplants On Website
The doctor suspected of coordinating a group that trafficked...
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Banana conflict continues in Costa Rica
Banana workers in Costa Rica reached their eighth day...
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Foto AlDia.cr The first goal by Bryan Ruiz, putting...
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