Daily Archives: March 14, 2012

Sunday is another day of free food on Paso Colón. It is the Fiesta Nacional del Gallo Pinto, and that is what is for breakfast. The organizers, the Municipalidad de San José and a commercial firm, will serve thousands of … Continue reading →

Agriculture officials say they have identified a shipment of corn from Nicaragua as being contaminated with aflatoxin. The Servicio Fitosanitario del Estado confirmed the contamination based on results from the Laboratorio del Centro de Investigación en Granos y Semillas at … Continue reading →

A 4.1 earthquake rattled the central Pacific coast at lunchtime Tuesday. The epicenter was 9.2 kilometers east southeast of Dominical directly under the Costanera Sur highway, according to a map provided by the Laboratorio de Ingeniería Sísmica. The exact time … Continue reading →

The United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture says the U.S. military’s treatment of an Army intelligence specialist accused of leaking military secrets to WikiLeaks was cruel and inhuman and could even be classified as torture. U.N. expert Juan Méndez this … Continue reading →

The Inter American Press Association has welcomed the passage in the Mexican senate of an amendment to make crimes against freedom of expression and the right to information federal offenses, calling such approval a significant move ahead for combating the … Continue reading →

The country’s consumer agency said that it has turned over to prosecutors the case of the canceled Laura Pausini concert. The agency is the Dirección de Apoyo al Consumidor in the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio. The agency used … Continue reading →

Few schools in Costa Rica, especially the rural schools, have the resources to take students on a field trip or to even provide an in-class session on the cultural resources of Costa Rica, such as the important archaeological site at … Continue reading →

Merchants in the Costa Rican commercial sector have confidence that the economy for this year will have a better outcome than the previous year. Arnoldo André Tinoco, president of the Cámara de Comercio de Costa Rica, said during a press … Continue reading →

Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, was unhappy when Costa Rica built a road parallel to the Río San Juan. He hasn’t seen anything yet. Costa Rican officials announced plans Tuesday for a recreational bike event on the new highway and said … Continue reading →

Municipal employees in Ciudad Colón have walked off their jobs and protested in the street, according to the Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados. The union organization says the dispute is the refusal of the mayor to pay what … Continue reading →

Different bus routes will benefit those who attend the Festival Internacional de las Artes beginning Friday, according to the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes. The changes will only affect those traveling to and from Parque La Sabana and Parque … Continue reading →

Gasoline will be increasing to $5.43 a gallon for super and $5.30 for plus. That is an increase of 18 percent. The nation’s regulating agency said that a liter of super would go from 615 colons ($1.22) to 724 colons … Continue reading →

The first estimates of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season will not be out until early next month, but one fact is clear. The current La Niña conditions of colder water in the Pacific is moving toward a neutral condition, according … Continue reading →