A negative balance of trade for Central America grew by 5.5 percent between January and October of 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, according to a report by the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIEC). Total exports from the region in the first ten months amounted to $25.1 billion and imports at […]

Agents of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) arrested a 28 year old male and a 19 year old in San Jose, on suspicion of attempted blackmail of a United States citizen, aged 48. According to the police report, the pair had a business relationship with the American, which ended. They are accused of demanding $1,800 […]

According to the Municipality of San Jose, there are 1,232 vacant lots, scattered among 11 districts in the central San Jose region. Properties include those that are used as illegal dumps, have buildings in ruins, lack sidewalks, or have been abandoned or invaded by vagrants. City officials hope to contact and compel owners to clean […]

According to organization for human development, two out of three young people who neither study or work are women. A separate survey finds that increasingly women in Costa Rica (Ticas) are putting off having children in favor of attending university. Despite the emphasis on higher education, women still find themselves paid disproportionately. According to a […]

Many drivers have failed to understand the meaning of a series of yellow boxes, painted on intersections of downtown San Jose by Ministry of Public Works and Transport. In an effort to avoid bottlenecks, the boxes are a reminder of the 49,000 colones fine for blocking an intersection. Demarcation is expected to continue through March […]

Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) has promised more than 10,000 inhabitants of Northern Guanacaste that they can expect to have arsenic free water, later this year. A company awarded a contract to build a turbine filtration system is required to deliver plans on the 28th of March, and will have four months to install the system. […]