By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
By a unanimous vote, the Asamblea Legislativa Tuesday asked Bruno Stagno, minister of Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, to have the name of Costa Rica removed from the list of countries that support the U.S. war with Iraq.
The list on the White House Web site was done in March 27, 2003, […]
By José Pablo Ramírez Vindas, of the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Expotur, the tourism marketplace, opened formally Tuesday with an emphasis on sustainable development and the creation of adequate infrastructure.
Óscar Arias Sánchez, the new president, attended the opening at the Museo de los Niños as did Carlos Ricardo Benavides the new head of the Instituto Costarricence […]
Beginning next month, people in Trinidad and Tobago could be eating carrots grown in Costa Rica, according to a statement from the National Horticultural Corporation (CHN).
A new cooling process available here freezes carrots to 21 degrees below zero Celsius, allowing them to survive shipping to hot, Caribbean climates. Exporting carrots has previously been impossible because […]
The arrival of the cruise ship Serenade of the Seas to the Pacific port of Puntarenas yesterday marked the close of the 2005-2006 cruise season, according to a statement from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).
At a ceremony attended by Tourism Minister Carlos Ricardo Benavides, legislators and representatives from the Pacific Port Authority (INCOP) and […]
José Manuel Echandi, the only legislator from the National Union Party (PUN), proposed an electoral reform that would allow the approximately 150,000 Costa Ricans living abroad to vote absentee in presidential elections.
According to a statement from the Legislative Assembly, Echandi brought up the idea during a meeting with Rodrigo Arias, Minister of the Presidency and […]
By Amanda Roberson, Tico Times Staff
In a joint operation between U.S. and Costa Rican police, $20 million was seized and 10 people were arrested yesterday during simultaneous raids on homes in both countries where a fraudulent ring was allegedly scamming gullible, mostly elderly, people in the United States into sending money to Costa Rica by […]
