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Costa Rica President: We are a Success Story

Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla Miranda on why the country’s business environment is attracting corporations from all over the world.

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  1. Powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake causes panic, little major damage in Costa Rica

    A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday, collapsing some houses, blocking highways and causing panic a...

  2. Costa Rica's congress shelves planned vote on 60pc pay raise after president threatens veto

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica's congress has shelved a final vote on a 60 percent pay raise for its members after President Laura Chinchilla promised to vet...

  3. Costa Rica claims victory in OAS resolution on border dispute with Nicaragua

    Costa Rica boasted Saturday of a "diplomatic victory" in its border spat with Nicaragua after the Organization of American States approved a resolution calling for r...

  4. Costa Rica congress draws ire by voting itself 60 percent pay raise after only month in office

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica's unicameral congress is drawing criticism by voting itself a 60 percent pay raise less than a month after legislators took of...

  5. Nicaraguan vice president: No troops will be removed yet from Costa Rica border zone

    Nicaragua's vice president said Wednesday he is not planning to comply with a diplomatic deadline to withdraw troops from a border zone with Costa Rica, as tensions ...

  6. Costa Rica's foreign minister to hold talks with UN on border dispute with Nicaragua

    Costa Rica's foreign minister will meet with United Nations officials to discuss the Central American nation's border dispute with Nicaragua.The Foreign Ministry say...

  7. Costa Rica's president says specially trained police to be used in Nicaragua border dispute

    Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Wednesday she will send police with special training to a disputed area on the border with Nicaragua where Nicaraguan sol...

  8. Dignitaries attending Mexico inauguration

    Some of the foreign dignitaries attending the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto:-Crown Prince Felipe of Spain.-US Vice President Joe Biden.-Presid...

  9. LatAm leaders call for review of US legal pot vote

    A group of Latin American leaders declared Monday that votes by two U.S. states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling...

  10. Biden travels to Latin America amid drug decriminalization debate

    Vice President Joe Biden heads to Latin America Sunday amid unprecedented pressure from political and business leaders to talk about something U.S. officials have no...

  11. The Week Ahead: 2/28

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet with Vladimir Putin

  12. AP Interview: Costa Rican president wants US anti-drug aid program for Central America

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said Tuesday she wants the United States to offer an anti-drug aid program just for Central Americ...

  1. Obama touts economic, security changes in Mexico

    Calling for an end to "old stereotypes," President Obama on Friday portrayed Mexico as an emerging nation that is remaking itself and said the U.S.-Mexico relationsh...

  2. Laura Chinchilla sworn in as Costa Rica's 1st female president, replaces Nobel laureate Arias

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Adios, peace prize winner. Hola, first female president.Costa Rica inaugurated Laura Chinchilla as its first woman leader on Saturday, re...

  3. Costa Rica toughens its stance in drug fight

    On a recent Friday morning at a gleaming new international airport in Costa Rica, hundreds of tourists from New York and Minnesota emerged blinking onto the sun-blas...

  4. Powerful earthquake reported in Costa Rica

    A powerful, magnitude-7.6 earthquake shook Costa Rica and a wide swath of Central America on Wednesday, collapsing some houses, blocking highways and causing panic a...

  5. Mothers in breastfeed protest at Costa Rica mall

    At least 50 mothers sat down in a mall's fast food area and breastfed infants for nearly two hours Saturday, protesting over the shopping center forcing a woman to s...

  6. Powerful quake rattles Costa Rica , but little damage; experts point to depth, building code

    The bulletins were terrifying: a powerful earthquake had struck off the coast of this Central American country, spawning a tsunami warning and bringing fears of wide...

  7. Powerful quake rattles Costa Rica , but little damage; experts point to depth, building code

    The bulletins were terrifying: a powerful earthquake had struck off the coast of this Central American country, spawning a tsunami warning and bringing fears of wide...

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