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The “Good Doctor” Is Stepping Down

After more than a decade at the head of the Hospital Nacional de Niños (HNN) - Children's Hospital - Rodolfo Hernández Gómez, is stepping down next month. Last year, "the good doctor" as he came to be called, stepped into...

Figueres: “The Good Citizen Has Nothing To Fear From The DIS”

The new head of the police intelligence agency DIS, Mariano Figueres, was in a soothing mood. "The good citizen has absolutely nothing to fear from DIS. The citizen following a bad path has every reason in the world to...

Tourism Drives Property Values Up

By Arianna Mckinney, Voz de Guanacaste - The average person in Nosara or Samara pays 5 to 6 times more in property taxes than people living in the more densely populated areas of Nicoya and between 7 to 9.5...

Apple iWatch in Production!

MASHABLE.COM - The long-rumoured wearable computer from Apple, affectionately known as the iWatch, has reportedly gone into production. Reports of the highly anticipated device's production run cropped up in the Tuesday edition of Taiwan-based China Times. Citing sources in Apple's...

Ethics Declares “Confidential” Investigation Against MOPT Minister

COSTA RICA NEWS - The Procuraduría de la Ética (the Office of Ethics or state lawyer ) declared "confidential" the investigation against Pedro Castro, the Ministro de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), deferring the report to Presidenta Laura Chinchilla. The...

Biden name drives Costa Rican golf dream

TRIBLIVE NEWS - Frank Biden, the vice president's youngest brother, has big plans. He dreams of turning a remote corner of Costa Rica into a US$900 million development with a golf course, casinos, hotels and an anti-aging clinic —...

Wastelectric To Invest US$390 million in Costa Rica to Convert Solid Waste Into Electricity

Within 30 months, Costa Rica could have the largest electric generating plant via gasification of solid waste in Latin America. The ambitious task is part of a US$390 million dollar investment in the country by Wastelectric, an American company...

Colombian President Says “War On Drugs A Failure”

TODAY COLOMBIA - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says the War on Drugs has failed and we need a new approach to drug trafficking. In an interview on Monday with The Wall Street Journal, Santos noted a softening of hard-line...

“We Worked For Years With Costa Rica Governent In Trying To Reduce Costs”, Intel CEO

Since Intel announced the closing of its manufacturing plant in Costa Rica there has been speculation as to the whys and there is the feeling that neither the company,  nor the government, is telling the whole story. A video in...

Costa Rica Aims To Launch First Satellite Into Space In 2016

Costa Rica's plans to launch its first satellite and the first in Central America, is moving forward with the goal of 2016 for a launch date. With an investment of about US$1.5 million dollars, the "picosatellite" (mini satellite is about...

Solís To Tour Central America But Skip Nicaragua

President-elect Luis Guillermo Solís embarks tomorrow on a tour of Central America and the Dominican Republic, to personally invite the leaders of the region to his inauguration ceremony on May 8. However, "Luigui" has no plans to include Nicaragua on...

Medellín, Colombia: from murder capital to model city

TODAY COLOMBIA - Residents of Medellín's poorest slums used to be suspicious of strangers. Who in their right minds would be wandering the winding steps up the steep slopes of their neighborhoods, controlled by local criminal gangs so violent...

Two Scoops Please!

COSTA RICA EXTRA! MAGAZINE - Ice cream is pleasurable enough on its own. Succulent strawberries, pricey oysters, and decadent chocolate probably come to mind when you think of aphrodisiacs. But the traditionally "sexy" foods don't stand a chance against...

‘It is difficult to lower electricity rates, but possible’, Carlos Obregón

Carlos Obregón, who will take the reins of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) on May 8, spoke to La Nacion of the challenges he faces, in particular reducing the cost of electricity. In the interview Thursday, Obregón said one...

Future MOPT Minister Says Officials With “Bad” Practices Must Be Restless

Speaking on the live radio talk show, Nuestra Voz, the future minister of Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT), Carlos Segnini, said that "good" professionals can rest easy, however, those who have bad practices must be "restless". Segnini would not comment...

El Salvador: Extortion hits small business owners hard

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Salvadoran micro-entrepreneurs are overwhelmed by gangs’ constant extortion demands. Seventy-nine percent of the 585 National Small Business Council of El Salvador (CONAPES) members frequently pay protection money to gangs, according to a survey conducted between...

Citigroup’s Finance Captive Comes of Age in Costa Rica

When Citigroup set up its finance captive in Costa Rica in 2007, the company started with 25 positions, growing quickly to 200 employees. Over time, that core group has blossomed to 1,100, with the global financial services firm still...

Colombia Launches Operation Against “Pots”: Demolishing Houses

   TODAY COLOMBIA - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered the demolition of numerous buildings used as drug sales points, a strategy that seems to have little practical value and will almost certainly do little more than push micro-traffickers...

New Law Approved that Could Affect Some Coastal Communities

By: Arianna McKinney, Voz de Guanacaste - The Urban Litoral Zones law project (18592) was approved by 39 legislators on March 6, thus becoming law. The project is one of several proposed measures to organize the maritime zones, in...

President-Elect Solís Commits To Draw New Foreign Companies To Costa Rica

President-elect Luis Guillermo Solís announced Thursday the formation of an inter-agency group made up of three members from the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Business Associations (UCCAEP in Spanish), a representative of the Costa Rica trade promoter, PROCOMER,...

Colombia’s Breadbasket Feels the Pinch of Free Trade

(TODAY COLOMBIA) - “Things are getting worse and worse,” Enrique Muñoz, a 67-year-old farmer from the municipality of Cajamarca in the central Colombian department of Tolima, once known as the country’s breadbasket, said sadly. “Over the past five decades, the...

TODAY WE VOTE….WHY?

Perhaps another opportunity to express our feelings, our beliefs, our support? But in truth, there is only one candidate. And, of all 13 original candidates Luis Gilmore Solis, whom we know little about except he was once a Partido Liberación...

Fort Hood Shooter Ivan Lopez Had Tica Girlfriend

The early morning call Thursday left Kimberly Chacón Sevilla stood frozen. The young woman, a resident of Los Sitios de Moravia, on the north side of San José, the girlfriend of Ivan Lopez, the Puerto Rican native and Iraq...

“Guanacaste Will Remember Me as a Fighting Woman”, Laura Chinchilla

By: Willberth Villalobos Castrillo, VozdeGuanacaste - Far from feeling intimidated by protests, President Laura Chinchilla toured with complete tranquility and much happiness to several parts of Nicoya. During her visit, the head of state inaugurated her administration's final projects...

Propesed Tax On Beer To Benefit Poor

If legislator Oscar Lopéz has his way we can see the price of beer increase by ¢5 colones a bottle (or can), but for a good cause. Lopéz, current legislator and legislator-elect for the 2014-2018 legislative term and head of...

Colombia Launches “Time To Return” Program

(TODAY COLOMBIA) The National Government through the Administrative Department of Science , Technology and Innovation, Colciencias , presented the program 's Es Tiempo de Volver (It's Time to Return), which includes a first call, to be released worldwide . The investment...

Brazil targets synthetic drug designers

ANVISA is streamlining its chemical prohibition process to prevent narco-traffickers from circumventing the law with similar drugs. (TODAY BRAZIL) “Drug designers” are a new trend in the world of drug trafficking. To circumvent existing laws, they create new synthetic drugs...

New Mural Adorns Music School in Nosara

By Ariana Crespo /  Vozdeguanacaste - Throughout March, a mosaic-style mural on the side of the Nosara Development Association’s (ADIN - Asociación de Desarrollo Integral de Nosara)building has taken shape piece by piece on a wall of what is...

Intel Denies Closing Costa Rica Plant

Intel Costa Rica announced last week the closing of 40 jobs in its technical support and information call centre. But, it announced the opening of 50 positions in central engineering, human resources and information services. However, rumours indicate that the...

Small Argentine Town Becoming Waste Dumping Ground

BOUWER, Argentina, Mar 14 2014 (IPS) - While the magnificent samba schools of Brazil were getting ready for the grand carnival in Rio de Janeiro, a modest carnival troupe toured a small Argentine town to draw attention to an...

Avianca To Revive San José – New York Route

Avianca’s closure of its hub in Costa Rica in May last year opened up opportunities for other carriers, particularly US carriers, and Panama-based Copa. Adding capacity to San Jose, Delta launched service to Los Angeles, one of six destinations...

Costa Rica’s Airline, Ticos Air, Still Waiting On Approvals

Costa Rica's new airline, Ticos Air, is still on the tarmac waiting on the Consejo Técnico de Aviación Civil (Civil Aviation) to grant it an operating license. On Thursday, Aviación said that will decide in June whether to approve the...
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