by Rod Hughes
The Costa Rican power monopoly, ICE, has petitioned the utility watchdog agency, ARESEP, strong rate hikes for March 2008. ICE wants to charge half a million residences 20% more and asks of electrical companies a 32% increase.
At one time, ARESEP had the […]
by Rod Hughes
The Central American Human Rights Commission has rejected a petition filed by former Costa Rican president Rafael Angel Calderon. The petition claimed his rights had been violated by his encarceration on corruption-related charges in October, 2004.
According to the Commission, Calderon failed to “exhaust […]
by Rod Hughes
Costa Rica was saddened this week by news that tourism pioneer Andy Gingold had died of renal cancer last Sunday at his Ciudad Colon home at age 60. During his 33 years in this country, he and wife Avie established several companies that, in various ways, acted to […]
