Yearly Archives: 2015

QCOSTARICA - Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft used by U.S. and Colombian security forces have proven to be an important tool for law enforcement officials in Costa Rica to fight drug trafficking. After receiving alerts from Colombian and U.S. security forces using the aircraft, the National Coast Guard Service (SNG) and...

QCOSTARICA - The Agricultural Affairs Committee in the Legislative Assembly has rejected a bill which sought to impose a moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified foods. Lack of certainty and scientific consensus on the risk of the release and cultivation of GMOs were key to the decision. Although some sectors...

QCOSTARICA - Within the Economic Council of Government Luis Guillermo Solís' ministers are divided with some favoring openness to international trade, and others wanting to protect vulnerable sectors The Ministry of Foreign Trade, which is in favor of accession, of Costa Rica to the Alianza del Pacífico (Pacific Alliance), made...