Yearly Archives: 2015

qCOSTARICA - A group of some 100 street vendors clashed with officers of the San Jose municipal police (Policia Municipal) and Fuerza Publica, Wednesday afternoon, in downtown San Jose. The dispute began at about 4:00pm on Avenida Segunda (Second Avenue), between Calles 6 and 8, 100 metres south of the...

QCOSTARICA - Hidden in cases of cassava and pineapple, cocaine was smuggled from Costa Rica to the United and Europe, by a drug ring lined to the Italian mafia. The Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ) on Wednesday, in nine simultaneous raids in Heredia (Santa Bárbara and Sarapiquí), Alajuela (Grecia and...

TICO BULL - Have you ever found yourself filling out an online form with your Costa Rica address, and not knowing what to do when you get to the "postal code"? Not to worry any more, herein lies the answer. First, heard to believe, but, yes, Costa Rica does have postal...