First Leg of Face Off Between Saprissa and Pachuca Ends in a Tie. The Pachuca soccer team will go back to Mexico as the firm favorites to win the CONCACAF tournament next week after an impressive display from the visiting side resulted in a 1-1 tie with Deportiva Saprissa at the Ricardo Saprissa Stadium, in Costa [...]

Filed under: Sports on April 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

Free Software Festival to Fight Piracy and Teach Public About Open Source Alternatives. This Saturday, April 26th the Latin American Free Software Festival (FLISoL in Spanish) will be in full swing and everyone is invited to attend and receive free software for their computers. In this case “free” means exactly what we all know it to [...]

Filed under: Technology on April 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

Chinese experts visited the National Stadium earlier this month. The construction of a new stadium in La Sabana park, San Jose is causing more disappointment than joy. The new $72 million stadium, a gift from China, was supposed to seat 45,000. However, after a month of surveying the land and finalizing plans, a team of 11 [...]

Filed under: Costa Rica News on April 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

Costa Rica Government Delays Issuing New IDs to Foreign Residents. If you have had the bad luck of loosing your Cedula or having it stolen, or if it simply needs renewing, all you will get is a stamp in your passport. There are, in effect, no cedulas, as the actual cards have not yet been processed. [...]

Filed under: Living on April 24th, 2008 | No Comments »

Offshore banks in Costa Rica may lose advantages. In response to a dramatic increase in the presence of offshore banks in Costa Rica, the President of the Central Bank, Francisco Gutierrez, announced that a bill was sent to the Legislative Assembly last week to try to even the tax requirements paid by offshore banks in the [...]

Filed under: Business on April 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »

Brown looks to defend his lead in this weekend's final surf circuit event. This weekend the Costa Rica National Surf Circuit will host its 7th and final event in Playa Hermosa, just south of Jaco, in front of the Hotel Terrazas del Pacifico. The 5-star event will determine which surfers take the 1st place title in [...]

Filed under: Surf on April 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Parkour will be performed in San Jose, Costa Rica this weekend. The Municipality of San Jose is at it again, with another strong effort to bring arts into the capital city of San Jose. This weekend on Saturday and Sunday a series of “urban arts” performances will take place from 10am to 7pm in the Plaza [...]

Filed under: Costa Rican Music on April 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The set of Rob Schneider's new movie filmed in Costa Rica. Actor Rob Schneider, of Deuce Bigalow, The Hot Chick and Big Daddy, recently finished filming scenes of his new movie The Chosen One near the Los Chorros waterfall in Grecia and the Parque Ecológico Tropical Arenal Mundo Aventuras, an ecological park in La Fortuna [...]

Filed under: Costa Rica News on April 21st, 2008 | No Comments »

Disputes over a marina in Puerto Viejo continue. At the end of a dusty Caribbean coast road lies Puerto Viejo, arguably the favorite tourist destination in Limón province. Swaddled in Caribbean culture and offering a laid-back lifestyle, Puerto Viejo is truly a step into a different kind of Costa Rica. However, for the last several [...]

Filed under: Business on April 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Chinchilla is Arias's top pick for PLN Presidential Candidate. Costa Rica's Vice-President and Minister of Justice, Laura Chinchilla, is being groomed to take Arias's place in 2010, when his presidential term ends. Though his endorsement is not [yet] official, Arias's numerous flattering comments, and Chinchilla's presence at many public activities has the political circle abuzz about [...]

Filed under: Costa Rica News on April 18th, 2008 | 2 Comments »