June 2012

Puntaeras, Costa Rica – The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) arrested  a band of thieves who used to rob delivery trucks, retail businesses and pedestrians Wednesday morning.  The raid took place in Esparza and…

San Jose, Costa Rica – Looks like another Costa Rican business that was handled in a common Costa Rican fashion, not preparing for the future and potential competition. Laura Chinchilla’s…

San Jose, Costa Rica –  The Starbucks finally opens its doors today in Avenida Escazú, after months of anticipation .

The newspaper might become less and less of a staple on our lawns or breakfast tables but even the youngest among us can recognize one of its most iconic and…

Overhanging the gorge are great angular outcroppings of volcanic rock—solid and sharp-edged protrusions from some long-ago eruption of Lassen or some other volcano in the area. In many places, the sheer…

San Jose, Costa Rica – Only 19 of 138 lawyers who aspire to become judges passed the exam with a minimum grade of 75 to enter the judiciary. That means that…

San Jose, Costa Rica – This year there have already been 2,237 patients that have been diagnosed with dengue fever. This does not include those that did not make it…

It’s not exactly what you could call fast food. In fact, it took years of effort. Food researchers pored over some 4,000 health claims used by manufacturers and supermarkets to tempt…