Monthly Archives: August 2012

Architect-historian Andrés Fernández will take 10 persons on a microbus tour of some of the oldest and most unique cantinas in San José Thursday evening. The tour will start with three bars in Barrio Amón near the headquarters of sponsor … Continue reading →

The country’s distance-learning university presents music, dance, theater, chorus and art Sunday night at the Teatro Popular Melico Salizar on Avenida 2 in the downtown. The show is called “Tierra jaguar,” seven scenes that have an environmental emphasis. The students … Continue reading →

A 3.3 magnitude quake took place at 12:53 p.m. today, Friday, and shook buildings in the metro area. The Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico said the epicenter was west of San José in Río Viejo de Puriscal. Due to soil conditions, … Continue reading →

The legislature approved on first reading Thursday a bill that imposes a moratorium on evicting individuals and businesses from the nation’s maritime zone. The measure, initiated by President Laura Chinchilla Miranda, provides for a 24-month breathing space for those living … Continue reading →

The security ministry is trying to counter the results of the law of unintended consequences. When the Dirección General de Migración set up an amnesty for foreigners living here, those affected, mostly Nicaraguans, flooded their own embassy. There were persons … Continue reading →

Five years ago the situation in El Salvador caused Dorys Gómez and her family to flee her home country and come to Costa Rica to seek a better life. Now she works with volunteer program Red de Jóvenes Lazos Sin … Continue reading →

Storms on the Pacific coast Wednesday night and early Thursday caused damage. Officials said the rains were a product of a large weather system in the Caribbean that generated problems in the cantons of Golfito, Buenos Aires, Aguirre and Puriscal. … Continue reading →

Some high profile researchers in the earth sciences are questioning several long-standing assumptions about predicting earthquakes. They contend it is time for a major reassessment on the methods used to forecast where and when killer earthquakes will strike. Three recent … Continue reading →

With holes in the highways and other daily aggravations, expats here may not always fully realize the giant leaps that Costa Rican society has taken in the last decade. This country has progressed mostly due to outside influences. But it … Continue reading →

The French Embassy in Costa Rica is offering a $7,000 reward to anyone who can give verifiable information about the whereabouts of the French couple Gerard and Claude Dubois. The couple disappeared March 31, 2011, after arriving in Quepos for … Continue reading →

The U.S. Embassy and the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano have joined with the Club de Libros and the Universidad Estatal a Distancia to promote reading. The campaign, outlined Wednesday night at the Feria International del Libro, involves setting up posters … Continue reading →

Standing just outside of his half log cabin, Antonio Flores stood waiting and hoping. This year has not been a great year for his small architecture business, Alternativos Maderables Ambientales, which specializes in wooden cabins, and he was looking to … Continue reading →

A security ministry official called in foreign reporters in the country for a press conference Wednesday about Costa Rica and drug trafficking. According to vice minister of security, Celso Gamboa Sanchez, Costa Rica is facing six different drug issues. They … Continue reading →