Daily Archives: August 11, 2011

The proposal to tax corporations ran into trouble in the Asamblea Legislativa Tuesday, the day lawmakers were expected to pass the bill for the second and final time. The bill never came to a vote, but several legislators heaped criticism … Continue reading →

Police and agents reported the murder of a young man late Wednesday afternoon in his home in La Garita. Police said that there were three persons involved in what appeared to be a shooting and that they all fled into … Continue reading →

The Tribunal de Juicio de Hacienda convicted Pablo Quirós, the former president of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, of embezzlement and misuse of public funds because he used a helicopter of the state-owned firm for personal due. The judicial panel … Continue reading →

A poll shows that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s personal approval rating has declined since March. A Ibope poll released Wednesday shows President Rousseff’s popularity fell 6 percentage points to 67 percent. Forty-eight percent of those surveyed described the president’s administration … Continue reading →

Anti-corruption investigators raided the Garabito municipal building in Jacó Wednesday and detained four persons, including the mayor, vice mayor and chief of the municipal police. A fifth person, a lawyer, was detained at his office in Puntarenas. The five were … Continue reading →

The public works ministry has made the unusual announcement that it will build a new four-lane bridge adjacent to the troubled span on the Autopista General Cañas. The ministry expects to invest $15 million in the project. The older span … Continue reading →

The nation’s regulatory agency has proposed a new methodology for computing the value of clean energy. The agency, the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos, approved Wednesday pricing that will affect the 32 private electrical generating operations in the country. … Continue reading →

Anti-drug agents detained two British women Tuesday at Juan Santamaría and accused them of trying to smuggle more than a kilo of cocaine to Madrid. Agents said that the women had inserted packages of the drug in their brassieres. The … Continue reading →

The committee handling assets handed over by Luis Milanes now has a Web site. Luis Milanes is the Cuban-American casino owner who used to operate Savings Unlimited, a high interest operation that folded in November 2002. Milanes offered 11 properties and … Continue reading →

The national tourism chamber says that how long a tourist stays and how much each spends should be considered when assessing the state of the market. The Cámara Nacional de Turismo took issue with rosy figures reported by the Instituto … Continue reading →