Daily Archives: February 23, 2012

Only hours after thieves had stolen belongings from the rental car of a pair of Canadian tourists in Quepos, tourist police, working in conjunction with the Judicial Investigating Organization, were able to locate three suspects in Santa Ana. Tourist police … Continue reading →

Thieves ransacked a home in Escazú and took a collection of antique guns. The home was unattended for a span of days by the couple who lived there while the husband battled with a cancer which eventually took his life. … Continue reading →

The country is at a crossroads, and has to face situations for which the solutions have been postponed for a long time, according to President Laura Chinchilla Miranda. She gave this summary in a bulletin the Casa Presidencial puts out … Continue reading →

The appearance of English-speaking beggars this week may be a sign that the economy is recuperating. For the last several years, San José has not hosted the scammers, pickpockets and assorted bad sorts of years past. A case in point … Continue reading →

Students and professors at the Universidad Estatal a Distancia have come out in support of native families who had taken over a school in Brorán de Térraba in southwestern Costa Rica. The more than 200 signers of the petition said … Continue reading →

The Sala Primera rejected yet another appeal by Industrias Infinito, the Poder Judicial said Wednesday. This is the company that has a concession to mine 800,000 ounces of gold near the Nicaraguan boarder in Cutris. The company asked the Sala … Continue reading →

The value of things like the watt, the meter and the kilogram would seem to be pretty well established. But these are the things that keep some scientists awake at night. The kilogram is based on a chunk of platinum … Continue reading →

President Barack Obama’s proposed revision of the U.S. Internal Revenue code would subject subsidiaries of U.S. corporations operating abroad to a minimum tax. “This would stop our tax system from generously rewarding companies for moving profits offshore,” said the Framework … Continue reading →