cellular-news (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Costa Rica's monopoly GSM network operator, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has decided not to accept a sole bid from China's Huawei for the supply of a 3G network - and will consider retendering the contract.
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The Costa Rica real estate market is thriving, and Costa Rica’s popularity as a tourist destination in recent years has more people looking to invest in this Central American country than ever. Although the prices have been steadily rising, investors still have the chance to cash in on Costa Rica’s cultural and economic prosperity. Situated between [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias once again has turned his back on an existing relationship and the obligations that went with it. He has done this in favor of a new one that is more self-serving to the nation as well as possibly his own self-interests. This pattern conforms to the spirit of opportunism, which [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Costa Rican President Óscar Arias was on the mark with his plea for a more relevant and better-funded U.S. policy on Latin America [”Latin America Needs Better Than a Wall,” op-ed, Aug. 16]. At the same time, Central America, in particular, would be best served with an inward look as opposed to an outward focus when [...]
Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Costa Rica’s President Oscar Arias once again has turned his back on an existing relationship and the obligations that went with it. He has done this in favor of a new one that is more self-serving to the nation as well as possibly his own self-interests. This pattern conforms to the spirit of opportunism, which [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
The Dalai Lama, leader of Tibetan Buddhists was set to visit Costa Rica this September however fears of causing a dispute with China have led to the high profile trip being cancelled. It was due to coincide with the exiled leader’s visit to America and several Latin American countries where he was expected to make [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
The Heredia commuter train may be running by December if the government is able to keep its promise and the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer). The train service between Heredia and San José which comes at a cost of some ¢2 billion colones will help ease traffic congestion and if all goes well it should [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
The Bank of Inter-American Development (BID) agreed to lend Costa Rica $850 million to build or improve roads, bicycle paths, the new international airport in the Costa Rican South Pacific, and the Metropolitan Electric Railroad, among other works. The loan has to be approved by the congressional, a fact that prompted president Oscar Arias to [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
The United States has to leave Guantanamo Base, said President Oscar Arias. He thus supported Cuba in the historical complaint for the occupation of Guantanamo Island, located off the southeastern tip of the island nation, by the U.S. armed forces. Dr. Arias said Washington has to return the enclave to Havana, in a goodwill sign [...]
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
www.livecostarica.net 8/5/2008 President Oscar Arias expressed last week his support to Cuba in the historic dispute with the United States by the occupation of the Guantanamo military base in the far southeast of the island. Arias was in favor of Washington returning the enclave back to La Habana as a sign towards normalization of relations. "Again, I repeat what I told Bill Clinton since his first...
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
Brazil and Costa Rica have urged Latin American countries to unite in the face of the global financial and food crisis. “Latin American unity is now essential to face the financial crisis in the developed countries,” Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said here Wednesday following a meeting with visiting Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. He [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Costa Rican traffic of data, Internet and telephone calls with the world is now safer, thanks to the connection to submarine cables on both coasts. The most recent link was inaugurated by President Oscar Arias and Costa Rican Electricity and Telecommunications (ICE in Spanish) authorities at Unqui Station, in Esterillos, on the Central Pacific. A [...]
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
A Texas woman wanted by the FBI for international parental kidnapping has been awarded asylum in Costa Rica and cannot be extradited to the United States.
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Use your name
Use your name so we can talk. Who is Janina? Who are you and why are you speaking about a case that you know nothing about. Chere has a diferent story...
Will pray for the Janina
once again we are reminded that criminals are above the law and the justice system fails. i was there during this time with Ms. Tomayko and i was the one...
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Cherlyn Tomayko, the woman arrested by the International Police (INTERPOL) and currently in detention in the women’s prison, El Buen Pastor, for kidnapping her children, was given refugee status in Costa Rica, ending her battle for freedom. The announcement was made by the ministra de Seguridad Pública, Janina Del Vecchio, saying that the granting of refugee [...]
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
With the signature of Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, the insurance monopoly held by the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS), has ended, allowing Costa Ricans to make a choice once the competition enters the market. President Arias, with INS president, Guillermo Constenla Umaña, yesterday signed the “Ley Reguladora del Mercado de Seguros”. The law allows for the [...]
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Food Crisis
Something must happen very soon here in Costa Rica. Kids are already living on one small meal a day and this is sad in a country that has the means to...
Debora Edholm - (not a member) - 17/08/2008