Costa Rica’s Chinatown opened yesterday
December 6th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) With music, dances and various activities, hundreds attended the inauguration of the new Chinatown in San Jose yesterday, including the mayor of the municipality of…
ICE wants more electric rate hikes starting January 1st
December 6th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Industrial Chamber of Costa Rica expressed its opposition of rate hikes for electricity yesterday during a public hearing of the regulatory authority known as ARESEP. …
Walmart faces 29 complaints from shoppers caught in chaos Saturday morning
December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Ministry of Economy began an investigation on Monday, in order to find the exact cause of the chaos that occurred during a sale at Walmart…
Costa Rica receives donation, loan as part of “cooperation agreement” with China
December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica yesterday afternoon signed four new agreements of cooperation with the President of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative…
Lack of competition fuels high drug prices in Costa Rica
December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Little or no competition in the local private pharmaceutical sector, the result of a highly concentrated industry, results in Costa Rica being one of the most…
March against Monsanto GMO’s reaches San Jose, decision stalled
December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) After a one week, 200-kilometer journey which began in Gauancaste, marchers fighting against a plan that would introduce genetically modified Monsanto corn into Costa Rica reached…
Authorities are swimming in confiscated weapons
December 5th, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Ministry of Public Security no longer knows what to do with 36,000 confiscated weapons for which it no longer has storage space. The weapons were…
Costa Rica releases statement on its support of Palestine in U.N. vote last week
December 3rd, 2012 (InsideCostaRica.com) Acknowledging Palestine as a non-member observer state in the United Nations (UN) is a “step to ensure the yearning for peace between the Israeli and Palestine…
