Category Archives: Costa Rica News

A 31-year-old U.S. tourist who inexplicably ended up in a dangerous section of Desamparados has died at Hospital San Juan de Dios. The man was identified as Steve Flesch by the Judicial Investigating Organization. He was shot in the head … Continue reading →

Costa Rica gets six low scores of the 10 used to compute the World Bank Doing Business index. The 2013 Index evaluates 185 economies on 10 specific business activities. Costa Rica ranks the lowest at 169th place for protecting investors. The country … Continue reading →

Fuerza Pública officers detained eight persons in the wake of a major league soccer game in Cartago Sunday. Three persons were detained on the allegation that they robbed 15,000 colons from a women outside the stadium. The woman victim was … Continue reading →

Being an expat mom in Costa Rica is a good deal. There are two holidays for mothers. The two countries in the north celebrate Mother’s Day Sunday. That’s is why the inboxes on most computers are filled with spam offering … Continue reading →

There is a good chance that clear but windy weather will stick around until Friday. Both the Instituto Meteorological Nacional and the Weather Underground, Inc., A.M. Costa Rica’s weather service, agree on this point. The weather institute said that there … Continue reading →

The transport ministry said Monday that April road deaths were the lowest since 1994. They attributed the decrease to the new traffic law and changes in enforcement procedures. There were 20 deaths in April. In addition there were 93 deaths … Continue reading →

Police are blaming a domestic partner for the machete attack on a woman in the Bribri community of Chinakicha in southeastern Costa Rica. The woman suffered machete slashes to her shoulder and head, and she lost her left hand, said … Continue reading →

Expats running businesses or tracking investments while struggling with new Costa Rican taxes and accounting rules may find some freedom in the cloud. The cloud represents powerful computing resources delivered to customers as a service. By using hardware and software … Continue reading →

The advance payment fee scheme continues to be alive and well. Judicial agents have made arrests in a presumed scam that was keyed to ads to loan money in local Spanish-language newspapers. The main victim at this point is a … Continue reading →

Two earthquakes greater than 4.0 took place in the Pacific south of the Osa Peninsula Friday. And two lesser quakes took place near San Cristóbal de Desamparados Sunday. The Friday quakes were estimated at 4.6 and 4.1 by the Observatorio … Continue reading →

Police and environmental agents set out Sunday morning seeking illegal hunters. They had received a tip. Instead, Fuerza Pública officers and agents from the Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía stumbled upon a marijuana plantation with 450 small plants. The location … Continue reading →

Despite enormous efforts of security and large amounts of hype, there was little concrete that developed immediately from the two-day visit here by President Barack Obama. There were no financial pledges. President Laura Chinchilla, business leaders and the Spanish-language press … Continue reading →

Volcán Poás acted up last week, but the event was overlooked by most of the media because of the anticipated arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama. However, park guards were on hand to take photos of the small eruption in … Continue reading →

Irina Bokova, the director general of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, visited the University for Peace in Ciudad Colón Friday to award this year’s press freedom prize to an imprisoned Ethiopian journalist. May 3 was Press Freedom Day. … Continue reading →

Presidents of the United States and Costa Rica outlined their broader approach to attacking drug trafficking at a press conference here Friday. Both Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and U.S. President Barack Obama said they saw a successful anti-drug effort … Continue reading →

Costa Rican officials are mounting an aggressive security program to guard U.S. President Barack Obama and to a lesser degree seven other heads of state today. Obama is supposed to arrive today at Juan Santamaría airport about noon from México … Continue reading →

The national refinery will pay 44 million colons, about $89,000, to 26 owners of motor vehicles that suffered damage because the company put an excessive amount of additive into the fuel. That was the announcement Thursday by the Autoridad Reguladora … Continue reading →

The economics ministry reported Thursday that Costa Rica has advanced 12 places on the World Bank Doing Business index. A low ranking reflects the ease of doing business in 10 categories. Costa Rica’s new ranking is 110 out of 185 … Continue reading →