President Solis says he agrees with the need for budget cuts
President Luis Guillermo Solis indicated his agreement with Costa Rica’s Comptroller General’s office that new taxes should go hand-in-hand with budget cuts to rein in the country’s swelling fiscal deficit.…
La Nacion, El Financiero begin charging for online access
Grupo La Nacion (GN), Costa Rica’s largest news publisher, began charging for online access to its flagship newspaper La Nacion and its business and finance newspaper, El Financerio on Tuesday.…
Obama wants to give $1 billion to Central American gov’ts fighting massive corruption scandals
If timing is everything in politics, then scandals currently wracking Honduras and Guatemala could not have come at a worse moment.The Central American nations are in a crucial phase of…
Warner stresses loyalty to FIFA president Blatter
Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner said Tuesday that FIFA boss Joseph Blatter has nothing to fear from revelations he previously promised to make regarding his time at the world football…
IMF concerned over widening income inequality
Income inequality is hurting the potential for growth worldwide, and the best way to tackle that is through helping the poor and the middle class, according to a new study…
National Academy of Medicine denounces medical marijuana bill
Costa Rica’s National Academy of Medicine has categorically denounced a bill before the Legislature that would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. …
“Historic” downpours leave at least six dead, 7,000 homes damaged in Nicaragua
Two weeks of heavy rains have left at least six people dead and more than 7,000 homes damaged in Nicaragua, emergency authorities in the country announced on Sunday.…
RECOPE requests another significant hike in gasoline prices
The Costa Rican Oil Refinery (RECOPE) is seeking another significant hike in the price of gasoline in its latest request to the regulator ARESEP. …
