Yearly Archives: 2015

(qCOSTARICA) ELBE is the name of a new variety of potato available to Costa Rica farmers, developed after ten years of research by the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory (Laboratorio de Biotecnología de Plantas - LBP) of University of Costa Rica's (Universidad de Costa Rica- UCR) Agricultural Research Center (Centro de...

(qCOSTARICA BLOGS) The CAJA, or Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, as it is more correctly and formally referred to, is probably the most powerful Government institution in Costa Rica, along with the Tax Department (Ministerio de Hacienda and Tributacion). Essentially, these two institutions have the power to “declare you guilty...

(qCOSTARICA) It starts around the middle of July, when many in Costa Rica start thinking about the "romeria", the annualwalk to the Basilica de Los Angeles, in Cartago, to pay homage to the patron saint of Costa Rica. Some do their walk early, beating the masses that converge on the...