Costa Rica

  • Oct 6, 2004
  • 7 min read

COSTA RICA: Pacheco names inexperienced economic team

President Abel Pacheco is trying to give more coherence to a cabinet beset by political...

Costa Rica
  • Sep 17, 2004
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL AMERICA: Integration boosts competitiveness

Increased integration of the region's economies will increase intraregional trade and reduce...

Central America
  • Sep 10, 2004
  • 1 min read

COSTA RICA: Cabinet resignations follow wage dispute

The resignations were yesterday announced of Foreign Trade Minister Alberto Trejos, his deputy,...

Costa Rica
  • Aug 27, 2004
  • 7 min read

COSTA RICA: Public sector dispute may be prolonged

Public sector workers will hold the latest in a series of one-day stoppages on August 30. The...

Costa Rica
  • Aug 16, 2004
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL AMERICA: Military has new role fighting crime

The role of the military has changed since civil conflicts ended in the early 1990s. However,...

Central America
  • Jun 23, 2004
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL AMERICA: China increases regional influence

Central America is traditionally an ally of Taiwan. However, the island's political influence is...

Central America
  • Jun 17, 2004
  • 6 min read

CENTRAL AMERICA: Public debt may deter investment

There is a continuing lack of domestic savings in most of Central America, and an inability to...

Central America
  • Jun 3, 2004
  • 6 min read

COSTA RICA: Pacheco has mixed outlook for rest of term

Pacheco has acknowledged that he will be unable to complete a number of projects in his...

Costa Rica