Costa Rica Blogs - Newsfeeds

by Rod Hughes
A group of dissidents fiercely opposed to the Central American Free Trade Agreement grandly announced yesterday that it refused to recognise the legitimacy of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supeme Court and the Supreme Elections Tribunal that will supervise the vote Oct. 5 in a nationwide referendum.
In many other Latin American nations, such […]

by Rod Hughes
Do you think housing costs in San Jose are expensive? The U.S. Internal Revenue Service evidently disagrees.
In a recent advisory regarding maximum deductions allowable for housing expenses, the IRS set a cap on yearly deductions at $26,500. Only Winnepeg, Canada, at $24,900 and the Salvadoran capital at $25,200 were lower.
Of course, if you […]