By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Despite coffee being one of the nation’s major exports, some 500 tons of caffeine are imported each year for pharmaceuticals and drinks because no one extracts the substance here.
Orlando Hernández, a lawmaker affiliated with the Partido Acción Ciudadana, raised this issue in the legislature Tuesday as he praised a pilot […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Security ministry officials have spent two months targeting local and international drug activities. Now they want to get more Fuerza Pública officers on the streets.
At the same time, the ministry will tackle internal corruption with the creation of an office of inspector general and crack down on visa fraud in […]
A study by the New Economics Foundation puts Costa Rica at #3 on the Happy Planet Index and Panama ranks #5.
The index is not designed to show the “happiest” country, but according to NEF ” The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an innovative new measure that shows the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is […]
