Costa Rica last week resumed diplomatic relations with Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen, according to a statement released Friday by the Foreign Ministry.
During a visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York, Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno met with the Foreign Minister of Kuwait Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Foreign Minister of Bahrain, Sheikh Khalid Bin […]
Wal-Mart Costa Rica announced Friday that it plans to build a new $12-million Hipermás store in the western San José suburb of Escazú, according to a statement from the company.
Like the other four Hipermás stores in Costa Rica, this store will sell everything from home appliances to clothes to groceries, much like Wal-Mart stores in […]
By Leland Baxter-Neal, Tico Times Staff
Attorney General Francisco Dall’Anese, in a public presentation of the Judicial Branch’s annual report Friday, warned of a rising trend of murders by hired hit-men, or sicariato, and organized crime in Costa Rica. […]
By José Pablo Ramírez Vindas
of the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Costa Rican law officials have a $50,000 new system to keep track of those who have valid permits to buy or carry a gun.
The system comes from the Organization of American States and is similar to a driver’s license process in which unique documents in plastic […]
