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Is Costa Rica a Developed Country?

By Adam Williams
Tico Times Staff |

In her victory speech on election…

Employment indicator shows job gains

The number of workers enrolled in the Social Security System’s (Caja) health insurance program showed an increase of 1.4 percent in December 2009, the daily La Nación reported.

According to Caja reports, the increase in the number of ensured workers began to deteriorate at the beginning of 2008, and by mid-2009 the overall number of insured workers was dropping each month.

The slight increase in the overall numbers of workers reported at year’s end was attributed by the Caja to gains in commerce and the agricultural sectors. The construction…

New fair to attract foreign investment set for April

By Adam Williams
Tico Times Staff |

Foreign direct investment is a key contributor to the Costa Rican economic makeup. With…

Women’s Club of Costa Rica

Golden age: At 95, Norma Lenkowski, left, is the oldest member of the Women’s Club of Costa Rica. Twenty-nine-year-old Tina Roman is the club’s youngest. On Wednesday at San José’s Aurola Holiday Inn, the Women’s Club, one of the country’s longest running public service organizations, celebrated 70 years of giving to communities in need.

Must be dreaming: President Oscar Arias with Laura Chinchilla, his former vice president who won S

The election of Costa Rica’s first female president has been a cause for applause in the region, stirring some nations to wonder when they will be next.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said his country is ready for the milestone. “I think so, that there could be a woman president (here),” he told newswire AFP, adding that “Guatemala has changed a lot after its signing of the peace (in 1996)” that ended a 36-year civil war.

Costa Rica’s neighbor to the north, Nicaragua, is among the Latin…