Daily Archives: November 3, 2010

Overnight rains brought flooding, slide and other problems to nearly the entire country. Some 468 persons were in shelters and some roads were closed.

Costa Rica was able to avoid much of the effects of the world economic crisis in 2009 but the unequal distribution of income showed the biggest increase in 10 years and the threats to citizens security were more dangerous.

Cynthia Johnston Turner, director of Cornell University’s Wind Ensemble, will be the guest conductor for two concerts by the Banda de Conciertos de San José.

The Comité Auxiliar de la Cruz Roja in Ciudad Quesada plans a tope or horse parade Sunday in that community.

he nation’s weather experts say that a low pressure system along the Caribbean coast will interact with Tropical Storm Tomas, which still is headed this way, and that heavy rains will last through Thursday in the provinces of Guanacaste and … Continue reading →

A definite plan for repair of a landslide on the Autopista del Sol is not expected until next week.

Costa Rica goes to the Organization of American States today seeking hemispheric pressure to reclaim land occupied by Nicaraguan soldiers. But already the president of Nicaragua has discounted the role of the Washington, D.C.-based international organization. The president, Daniel Ortega, … Continue reading →

The economics ministry has shown once again that it pays to shop around.