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Costa Rica bans shrimp trawling 9 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm
Permits may be granted in the future if it is established that a new trawling technology can effectibly reduce bycatch, justices of Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled. The...
With few options, organic coffee farmers search for sustainable solutions to devastating fungus 27 Jun 2013 | 07:57 pm
At first glance, the ochre blotches on the waxy green leaves of a coffee tree appear more like a mild-mannered sunspot than a fungus that has ravaged Central America’s acclaimed coffee industry. Leaf ...
China’s president to visit Costa Rica 21 May 2013 | 07:16 pm
China’s President Xi Jinping will visit Costa Rica June 2-4, Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla announced Monday on her Twitter account. “I celebrate the confirmation of the visit to Costa Rica” ...
Regional business leaders, Obama agree on need for better infrastructure and cheaper energy 6 May 2013 | 10:41 pm
Central American business leaders presented U.S. President Barack Obama and Central American presidents with a list of recommendations to make the region more competitive. U.S. President Barack Obama...
Will guide help on chaotic coasts? 17 Mar 2013 | 01:07 pm
Costa Rica is set this year to begin a strategy of better organizing management of marine and coastal areas, Oceans and Water Vice Minister José Lino Chaves said last week. That strategy is based in ...
Regional ag ministers agree on program to fight coffee fungus 21 Feb 2013 | 01:01 am
Agriculture ministers of Central America and the Dominican Republic agreed to give high priority to the implementation of a program to fight the effects of a fungus known as “roya,” which has devastat...
Costa Rica, Panama study open travel policy 21 Feb 2013 | 01:00 am
Officials from Costa Rica and Panama are studying a proposal that would eliminate the need for a passport when traveling between the two countries. Costa Rican Public Security Minister Mario Zamora t...
Costa Rica’s Chinchilla meets with Cuban President Raúl Castro 31 Jan 2013 | 08:20 am
The presidents of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, and Cuba, Raúl Castro, met in the framework of the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in Chile, to discuss reg...
Fuel costs to increase this week 31 Jan 2013 | 08:17 am
The Regulatory Authority for Public Services (ARESEP) approved the first increase of the year for the per-liter price of fuels that will go into effect when published in the official newspaper La Gace...
Costa Rica plans to raise tax take, cut deficit 31 Jan 2013 | 08:15 am
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Costa Rica's government will submit to lawmakers in 2014 a fiscal reform bill to boost consumption taxes and cut the deficit as it seeks to tap global debt markets, the country'sfin...
