by Rod Hughes
Former Heredia star forward Andy Herron says incidents such as last week’s altercation with New England Revolution’s Jay Heaps are not unusual and that U.S. soccer is riddled with xenophobia and racism.
Columbus Crew’s Herron told the daily Diario Extra that since his days with Chicago Fire, Heaps has insulted him on the field, even referring to […]
From The Tico Times, Central America’s Leading English-language newspaper
Scientists recently discovered new species of coral, algae, starfish and sea cucumbers at the Isla del Coco national park off the Pacific coast, according to a statement from the marine conservation organization MarViva.
Detailed information remains to be gained about these species, but scientists are studying them and […]
by Rod Hughes
The Costa Rican Electrical Institute (universally known as ICE, its Spanish acronym) announced today that the electrical blackouts it had planned for this week to conserve energy have been canceled.
The proposed outages had raised a storm of protest from businessmen who estimated that the unplanned outage last Thursday lasting more than an hour had […]
by Rod Hughes
A break in the Arenal-Canas tranmission line, one of the most important in the country, sent Costa Rica back into the 19th century for more than an hour last night, causing traffic jams as traffic lights went out, knocking out cell phone services and even shutting off water in higher areas as electric pumps shut […]
by Rod Hughes
A bill to simplify residency and to streamline the way the Immigration Department does its business has been submitted to the Legislative Assembly (congress) and the young, dynamic department director, Mario Zamora, hopes for early passage. The bill is meant to replace a current law passed during the past administration but so draconian […]
As befits a country that prides itself on using the most peaceful means to solve violent problems, municipal police in the capital are now patroling the streets with, if not a kinder, gentler alternative to the service pistol and nightstick, at least a potentially less lethal one—the stun gun, reported the leading English-language newspaper, The […]
by Rod Hughes
San José’s oldest private clinic is focusing its services on an ever-growing segment of the tourism industry: visiters who come to have medical or dental work done at much lower prices than are standard in the U.S. Until two decades ago, the majority of medical tourism was mainly for quality cosmetic surgery at a fraction […]
by Rod Hughes
As with most sports in Latin America, women “got no respect” except the pretty ones captured by TV cameras during pro men’s games. But when Shirley Cruz, a star with the Costa Rican Women’s All Star team went to Olympique of France as a pro, people started to pay attention.
But the absence of […]
Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno Monday talked to diplomats from around the world about the Costa Rica Consensus, a proposal that developed countries take developing countries’ spending on arms into consideration when calculating aid packages, according to a statement released yesterday by the Foreign Ministry.
“Costa Rican is taking advantage of this opportunity to call on countries […]
By Amanda Roberson
Tico Times Staff | aroberson@ticotimes.net
Internet connection via cell phone has been available in Costa Rica for one week now, and at least 5,416 people have signed up for this new service, according to Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) spokeswoman Adriana Víquez.
ICE, the country’s state-run telecommunications monopoly, sees this number as a “very good […]
