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Sun-Sentinel - Wed Dec 9, 6:49 pm ET
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Former Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazo Odio has died of complications from open-heart surgery.
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Asbury Park Press - Wed Dec 9, 4:19 am ET
NEWARK — A Costa Rican woman who was on an international most wanted list after a murder 12 years ago until her arrest in the United States has filed a federal lawsuit over what she says is a lack of health services in New Jersey so severe that her advanced stage of breast cancer went undetected.
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People's Daily - Tue Dec 8, 11:25 pm ET
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday announced the appointment of former Costa Rican Vice-President Rebeca Grynspan to be second-in-command at the United Nations agency tasked with providing countries with the knowledge, experience and resources that aid economic growth. Grynspan has been named Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the UN Development Program (UNDP), which ...
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Scoop.co.nz - Tue Dec 8, 7:33 pm ET
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of former Costa Rican Vice-President Rebeca Grynspan to be second-in-command at the United Nations agency tasked with providing countries with the knowledge, experience and resources that ...
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People's Daily - Thu Dec 3, 3:57 am ET
Representatives of the European Commission and the government of Costa Rica on Wednesday signed in Brussels a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a bilateral consultation mechanism, the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Ministry announced Wednesday. According to the ministry, the agreement aims to "promote cooperation and common understanding in all aspects" between Costa Rica and the ...
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The Record and Herald News - Sat Dec 5, 1:03 pm ET
A Costa Rican woman awaiting extradition from New Jersey on a 12-year-old murder charge is suing her jailers, claiming a lack of health care so severe that her advanced-stage breast cancer went undetected.
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WBTV Charlotte - Sat Dec 5, 2:41 pm ET
A Costa Rican woman who was on an international most wanted list after a murder 12 years ago until her arrest in the United States has filed a lawsuit over what she says was a lack of health services in a New Jersey jail, so...
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MalaysiaNews.net - Sat Dec 5, 3:23 pm ET
NEWARK, N.J. -- A Costa Rican woman who was on an international most wanted list after a murder 12 years ago until her arrest in the United States has filed a lawsuit over what she says was a lack of...
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Angus Reid - Sun Dec 6, 11:09 pm ET
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Former vice-president Laura Chinchilla remains ahead of her rivals in Costa Rica’s presidential race, according to a poll by Unimer published in La Nación. 43 per cent of respondents would support the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN) candidate in next year’s ballot.
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The Jersey Journal - Sat Dec 5, 11:27 am ET
NEWARK — A Costa Rican woman awaiting extradition from New Jersey on a 12-year-old murder charge is suing her jailers, claiming a lack of health care so severe that her advanced-stage breast cancer went undetected. A lawyer for Maria Magdalena...
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Semanario Tiempos del Mundo - 1 hour 50 minutes ago
La actividad comercial del país crecerá un 4,0% durante el próximo año 2010.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 4:04 pm ET
An investment fund manager from Tennessee drew a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in a $33 million Ponzi scheme that cheated more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica.
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The Salt Lake Tribune - Sat Dec 5, 3:58 pm ET
Moon has recently updated its Costa Rica Handbook providing details on traveling to the popular Central American destination that draws 1.5 million visitors each year.
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FOX 11 Tucson - Tue Dec 1, 3:34 pm ET
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican officials are asking developed nations to reduce emissions by 45 percent by 2020.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Dec 9, 4:39 pm ET
An investment fund manager from Tennessee drew a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in a $33 million Ponzi scheme that cheated more than two dozen investors in the United States, Germany and Costa Rica. Paul Knight, one of four people convicted of conspiracy,... United States - Germany - Collective investment scheme - Ponzi scheme - Tennessee