From the US, President Solis talks colón devaluation, tax reform, China (VIDEO)
Costa Rica president, Luis Guillermo Solis took the time for an English-language interview with Bloomberg TV this week in which the president briefly discusses his administrations efforts at tax and…
Three airport workers struck by lightning at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria airport
Three aircraft maintenance workers at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) were in serious condition after being struck by lightning Wednesday. …
Deadly Nicaragua land conflict displaces hundreds, at least 10 dead
Nicaragua's normally sleepy northern Caribbean coast in recent weeks has erupted in deadly clashes between Miskito Indians and settlers from the country's west.…
Costa Rica hopes to sell $1 billion in public debt to China to help plug fiscal deficit
The government of Costa Rica, faced with the need to obtain external financing to cover its 2016 budget, is hoping that China will fill in the gap by purchasing $1…
Highest tides in 200 years flood hundreds of homes on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast: new surges expected Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning
What authorities are calling some of the highest tides seen in 200 years have flooded hundreds of homes on Costa Rica’s central Pacific coast over the last 24 hours, and…
Heredia municipal employees go on strike, some services affected
About half of Heredia’s municipal workers began an “indefinite” strike on Wednesday morning that will affect some municipal services.…
Boat carrying nearly one ton of cocaine intercepted off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast
The Costa Rican Coast Guard, with support from a United States P-3 Orion drug interdiction aircraft, intercepted a boat carrying nearly one ton of cocaine about 90 miles southwest of…
Waste-to-energy plant will turn plastic bags into synthetic fuel in Nicaragua’s capital
The plant will have the capacity to process 20 tons per day of plastic waste, producing about 100 barrels of synthetic fuel per day.…
