Yearly Archives: 2015
Unemployment Rose to 9.7% in Fourth Quarter of 2014
COSTA RICA NEWS - Unemployment rose during the last three months of 2014, the jobless rate reaching 9.7%, representing an increase of 1.14% compared to the same period in 2013, when it was 8.3%, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃsticas y...
New Nicoya Market Opens Its Doors with Traditional Nicoyan Flavors
COSTA RICA NEWS, By Wilberth Villalobos Castrillo , Voz de Guanacaste - Among aromas of tamal asado, rosquillas and fresh coffee and to the sound of the marimba, the new Nicoa Market opened its doors to the public on Friday, February 6.
The facility thus became the new center of...
FIFA Ranks Costa Rica 13th In The World
COSTA RICA SPORTS - It's official, Costa Rica's national team (La Selección or La Sele in familiar Tico terms) ranked number 13 in the world, ahead of such usual powerhouses as Chile and Britain, and right behind Italy.
Within the CONCACAF group of teams, La Sele, which stunned the soccer...