Bill aims to break up drug monopolies in Costa Rica in hopes of lower prices
February 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A new bill seeks, in essence, to open the drug market in Costa Rica. The news comes from legislator Jose Maria Villalta, who also said that…
Costa Rican scientist’s plasma engine ready for space
February 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Costa Rican scientist and astronaut, Franklin Chang, is about to fulfill a dream. His plasma engine, known as the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, or…
Group warns of diseases spread by fleas, lice, mites, and ticks
February 20th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Rickettsial diseases are caused by a group of bacteria that are transmitted by fleas, lice, mites, and ticks, and can have a high rate of mortality…
President of Costa Rica’s Supreme Court Dies
February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Judge and President of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica, Luis Paulino Mora, died Sunday night. He was 69 years old. Mora, served as the…
Debt of more than $1.5 million may have led to triple murder in La Fortuna
February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) According to sources, an alleged debt of approximately $1.5 million may have led to the murder of businessman Geovanny Soto, 52 in La Fortuna de San…
Dollar hits the bottom of the exchange rate floor
February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The fall in the value of the dollar on Thursday of last week put an end to the three week absence of the Central Bank in…
Government wants inter-agency commission to regulate gun ownership in Costa Rica
February 18th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A replacement text submitted by the Ministry of Public Security aims to create an interagency committee which would regulate the possession of firearms and ammunition in…
Meteor hits Russia, more than 900 injured
February 15th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) A meteor broke up in the skys over Russia’s Urals district early this morning, producing a massive audible explosion whose shockwave broke glass and blew…
