Monthly Archives: February 2012

Prosecutors in Alajuela are seeking lengthy prison terms for a couple who were involved in the death of their own daughter, 3, and an infant of a relative. The 3 year old died of drowning, which prosecutors now call a … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla met for about an hour Tuesday with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. The U.S. official told reporters later that among other topics, the two discussed the drug situation. Ms. Napolitano, who is in charge of border … Continue reading →

U.S. immigration officials will have advance information on arriving airline passengers from Costa Rica, and officials here will have similar data. That will take place when both countries firm up the advance passenger information system. Representatives of both countries signed … Continue reading →

Strong winds have fanned a small blaze in the Parque Nacional Chirripó into a major brushfire that has involved at least 100 hectares, about 250 acres. There are 60 fire fighters from six units on the scene. The blaze was … Continue reading →

Business development, transparency and education in Costa Rica were the key points discussed at a press conference with a European former diplomat at the Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Comercio Monday. The visitor, Benita Ferrero, president of the European Union, … Continue reading →

The security ministry insisted Tuesday that the country was safer and cited two recent surveys to support that point of view. Meanwhile, the president’s anti-crime panel urged tighter gun laws and legislation to allow the use of electronic bracelets for … Continue reading →

Sports fishermen who sailed from Los Sueños Saturday ran into a seagoing surprise checkpoint. Agents from the Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuacultura and the Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas were on duty just off shore checking paperwork. The fishing institute … Continue reading →

Costa Rican officials are closing the Pacific off Carrillo to commercial longline operations for this weekend’s Presidential Challenge of Costa Rica tournament. The action by the Instituto Costarricense de Pesca y Acuacultura is being hailed as groundbreaking. The decision creates … Continue reading →

Fuerza Pública officers detained four persons after bandits invaded an Atenas home and took valuables. The invasion took place about 11 p.m. Sunday in the Desmonte sector, police said. A resident with the last name of Jiménez said that four … Continue reading →

The Mexican soft drink firm Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., better known as FEMSA, announced Monday that consolidated total revenues grew 24 percent and income from operations grew 24.9 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. Coca-Cola FEMSA … Continue reading →

Traffic engineers have eliminated two right turns that would put motorists on the way to the Autopista General Cañas. One is at Soda Tapia and the other is at the northwest corner of Parque la Sabana. The change was made … Continue reading →

The battered U.S. housing and job markets are improving as uncertainty about economic forecasts declines, according to a just-published study by dozens of key economists. Other research shows growing confidence could translate into more business investment and jobs. Forty-five experts … Continue reading →

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says he is pardoning three newspaper executives and a former columnist who had been convicted of libeling him, sentenced to jail and fined $40 million. The sentences against the El Universo officials and former opinion page … Continue reading →

A brush fire in the Parque Nacional Chirripó burned at least two to three hectares Monday, some five to 7.5 acres. Some 20 members of the Brigada de Bomberos Forestal from San Jerónimo responded to the 5 a.m. alarm. Fire … Continue reading →

The scammer who speaks perfect English has put together a better story. Earlier this month he told those he encountered on the street a tale of woe about how a taxi driver ran off with his luggage. Lately, according to … Continue reading →

Four persons died over the weekend in motorcycle accidents. In one crash two motorcycles collided head on in Pococí de Limón, and both drivers died. In Coronado, a motorcycle driver was traveling at high speed when his vehicle collided with … Continue reading →