Daily Archives: April 11, 2012

The old techniques still work well, according to judicial police. They said they detained a 29-year-old woman in Alajuela and attributed to her 10 cases of the dropped money scam. The crimes took place in Liberia. Agents said crooks using … Continue reading →

The Parque Zoológico Nacional Simón Bolívar is for the birds Saturday. Starting at 9 a.m. urban birds will be featured as part of the celebration of the International Day of Migratory Birds. The event is sponsored by the Asociación Ornitológico … Continue reading →

The Amazon region of South America, the largest tropical rainforest and river basin on Earth, is disappearing at a rate of around 800,000 hectares a year, but a new study finds one possible strategy for reversing this trend in ancient … Continue reading →

The Costa Rican foreign minister said that a diplomat kidnapped in Venezuela was freed without payment of any ransom. The minister, Enrique Castillo, said that he talked by telephone with the victim, Guillermo Cholele, and reported that the man was … Continue reading →

Costa Rica has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to use the Combined DNA Index System. Viewers of late night crime shows know that this is the system that can identify individuals by their DNA. … Continue reading →

Nine buildings in the Talamanca canton are to be demolished by the end of November. The targeted constructions are homes and hotels that have been in the area for years. One of the organizations fighting the demolition has claimed some … Continue reading →

The big celebration this weekend is in the Municipalidad de Osa on the Pacific coast. The event is the three-day VII Festival de Esferas, named after those stone spheres that are found in the area. Sponsors are the Museo Nacional, … Continue reading →

Today is a legal holiday, the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Rivas, Nicaragua, in which the Costa Rican army defeated and routed the contingent of filibusters led by U.S. citizen William Walker. The day will be marked with a … Continue reading →

To figure out what is happening with President Laura Chinchilla’s proposal for $500 million in new taxes, expats need a scorecard. Here is is: • The Sala IV constitutional court rejected Tuesday the way lawmakers had passed the measure, which … Continue reading →