Hundreds of opponents of the Central American Free-Trade Agreement with the United States (CAFTA) saw Friday’s Independence Day holiday as a prime occasion to protest the agreement.
Protestors, including students and union […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Costa Rica is a first-world country when drinking and agricultural water is studied.
Most of Latin America is fraught with danger for those who would unthinkingly brush teeth or accept a soft drink over ICE.
Yet the growing population here may change that situation.
The issue is newsworthy today because the United States […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The porteadores or contract drivers plan another demonstration for Tuesday, and transport officials are ready to crack down by ticketing and towing the vehicles.
The porteadores are the drivers who rely on a clause in the commercial code to keep their work legal.
Unlike licensed taxi drivers, the porteadores are supposed to […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
and the A.M. Costa Rica wire services
Costa Rica is not a banana republic. It is an Apple republic, according to President Óscar Arias Sánchez, who spoke Sunday in Denver at a gathering of some 3,000 youngsters.
Arias said that pineapple is the third biggest export of Costa Rica. Bananas are second. […]
