Daily Archives: March 29, 2011

The Servicio de Vigilancia of the Sección Aérea of the Fuerza Pública made an emergency flight to Corredores in southern Costa Rica Sunday to bring a pregnant 13 year old to San José for observation. The girl is believed to … Continue reading →

Lawmakers are talking about making Costa Rica a center of arbitration for the world. The comments came after the legislature passed a law that brings the country into conformity with a model U.N. statute. The law outlines the steps for … Continue reading →

A 14-year-old young scientist from a Phoenix, Arizona, suburb is hot on the trail of why frogs and other amphibians are vanishing. He is one of the students who came to Washington, D.C., for the 2011 Intel Science Talent Search, … Continue reading →

The Sala IV constitutional court has ordered the Municipalidad de Naranjo and the Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados to develop a plan for sewers and a treatment plant within 18 months. A resident brought the case and said that … Continue reading →

China has charged well-known pro-democracy writer and editor Ran Yunfei with subversion for his alleged role in calling for popular uprisings in China similar to those gripping the Middle East and North Africa. Ran’s wife told a reporter she received … Continue reading →

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is on a three-day unofficial visit to Cuba where there are some expectations he may discuss the case of a jailed American contractor. Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, welcomed the 86-year-old Carter and his wife, … Continue reading →

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami have spawned a series of Internet scams, including fake Facebook and YouTube sites. The U.S. Postal Service said it estimated that 1.7 million fake Web sites have been started for a variety of criminal activities … Continue reading →

The national weather services says that the pacific coast and the Central Valley are in the period of transition between the dry and rainy season. The agency, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional, explained Monday that high pressure is weakening over the … Continue reading →

Even though dozens of police officers have been stationed downtown, a band of bold robbers is sticking up businesses on San Jose’s Avenida Central, better known as the pedestrian mall. The robbers struck again Monday, this time a bit off … Continue reading →

Grupo Nación, the publishers of the Spanish-language daily newspaper and other titles, was very clear: It is not in the drug smuggling business. The company acted quickly to dispel rumors after a tractor trailer carrying cardboard sold by Grupo Nación … Continue reading →

The Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles is putting on extra trains to carry fans to the Costa Rica-Argentina game tonight. Public transport has been called into service because designers of the new $100 million stadium neglected to provide more than 400 … Continue reading →

Acid rain and acidic gas have been ravaging the southwest side of the Turrialba volcano. Not only the vegetation has suffered. Homes and outbuildings constructed of metals like zinc are being consumed continually by the years of exposure. The Observatorio … Continue reading →