By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff
Costa Rica’s exports registered $3.3 billion during the first five months of this year, marking a 17.2% growth over the same period last year, announced Foreign Trade Minister Marco Vinicio Ruiz at a press conference yesterday.
“Export growth continues to be strong, and it is very likely that we will reach our […]
More than 120 countries all over the world are celebrating the International Music Festival today, and Costa Rica will not be left out of the festivities. Several events are planned throughout the day as musicians in town from around the world are scheduled to give performances, according to a statement from the festival’s organizers.
The festival […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Can things get any worse at immigration? The short answer is yes.
The department is afflicted by long lines, slow computers and systems that don’t work, not to mention missing files.
But now the air conditioning in the section that houses the computer servers has broken.
The department, formally the Dirección General de […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Shades of Christmas. The agency that runs the national lotteries said Tuesday that it will order up another fat one for July 2.
The Christmas “gordito” or fat one is a tradition, but the Junta de Protección Social de San José says it will give everyone a chance to win 125 […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Fuerza Pública officers and the Unidad de Intervención Policial made a dozen arrests Tuesday when they showed up again at a settlement of squatters in Herradura.
The local prosecutor’s office ordered the eviction of families in some 30 structures and the destruction of the buildings. The settlement is on private land.
Police […]
