Full Coverage: Costa Rica

04.07.2009 Costa Rica is the "greenest and happiest" country on the planet, according to the 'Happy Planet Index': Britain is ranked 74th.

23.02.2009 In Costa Rica, municipal authorities compete with each other to plant the most trees. UK cities seem to be more concerned about removal of chewing gum from the pavements. Does this reflect cultural diversity or just muddled priorities?

22.02.2009 Terrific speech to the UN General Assembly by Óscar Arias Sánchez, president of Costa Rica. He told the rich countries that military spending contradicts the Millennium Declaration. UN News

26.06.2007 "Out with the old and in with the new"? Or an "imprudent" decision that harms human rights? After 60 years of diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the Costa Rican president announced this month these ties have been broken in favor of establishing relations with China.

19.04.2007 Turtles "Windy" and "Billie" have stretched their lead over "Stephanie Colburtle" in day four of the 14-day race from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands. The event, which you can track live online, will raise awareness and funds to help protect the leatherbacks' nesting beaches.
From: Conservation International

19.12.2006 RED POP, SciDev.Net, SOMEDICYT, CENAT, CIENTEC Costa Rica and the Costa Rican Ministry for Science and Technology are holding the Science, communication and society workshop in San José, Costa Rica from 9 - 11 May 2007. The event will be held in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

12.12.2006 Je vous envoie cette lettre ainsi qu’au peuple du Costa Rica et aux parlementaires de votre pays. Je le fais en tant que frère latino-américain qui aime et comprend très bien ce cher peuple du Costa Rica comme si c’était le mien

06.10.2006 President Óscar Arias Sánchez ended his first 100 days in office with almost nothing to show for it. With an attitude which has been called both authoritarian and arrogant, he launched an electoral campaign centered around the idea that Costa Rica was a drifting ship in urgent need of a captain to get it back on course.

26.07.2006 Reversing the process of deforestation--a feat rarely accomplished--has been achieved by a Costa Rican environmentalist, whose inventive policy of economic incentives for maintaining forests has decreased illegal logging at a rapid rate.

02.06.2006 Researchers at Costa Rica’s flagship biodiversity institute are hoping that an ambitious new project - that aims to find chemicals in wild species that could form the basis of new drugs - will ease its financial worries.

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18.04.2006 Costa Rica, dubbed the "Switzerland of Central America" for its high living standards, is becoming less Swiss and more Central American every day, reports María Flórez-Estrada.
* OneWorld UK Guide to Costa Rica

21.02.2006 ICTs are generating more than $2 billion dollars annually for Costa Rica, and the industry is one of the fastest growing in the country.Yet, women continue to constitute a minority in the IT professional sector and their participation seems to be decreasing.

15.02.2006 Costa Rica is a small Central American country of four million people that - unlike its neighbors El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua during their bloody civil wars - has never attracted much attention in the United States, except as a destination for tourists and retirees. But last Sunday's election there should serve as another wake-up call for Washington.

05.07.2005 The Global Networked Readiness in Education survey seeks to aid school leaders and policymakers by helping them to examine the role and effects of integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into formal learning.

27.05.2005 Diversas denuncias que están siendo investigadas en este momento por el Ministerio Público, evidencian irregularidades y falta de transparencia en cuanto al acceso y la asignación de las frecuencias radiofónicas en Costa Rica; favoreciendo un mercado ilícito de éstos bienes públicos.

06.05.2005 At the age of 26, Erika McCloud is providing computer training to all the students in her local high school and elementary school. At first, she seems like an unlikely candidate for teacher, having left high school many years ago to take on temporary jobs as kitchen helper and housekeeper before earning her diploma. More.

25.10.2004 The possible involvement of former president Rafael Ángel Calderón (1990-1994) in the corruption scandal of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) has shaken up the country and added a new twist to the case.

25.10.2004 O ex-presidente da Costa Rica, Rafael Angel Calderon, foi detido por suspeita de corrupção. Ele é acusado de enriquecimento ilícito e cumplicidade para delinqüir e ainda de responsabilidade numa conspiração para se apropriar de milhões de dólares de comissões em compras estatais.

07.10.2004 Acusado de ter exigido 60% de uma comissão milionária oferecida pela empresa francesa de telecomunicações Alcatel, o ex-presidente da Costa Rica (1998-2002) e atual Secretário Geral da Organização de Estados Americanos (OEA), Miguel Angel Rodríguez, enfrenta uma tormenta política que ameaça sua permanência no cargo.