After 34 years of an intense trajectory, the Costa Rican artist, Guillermo “Chino” Porras, believes that the time has come to explore unknown creative directions.

Porras began a new phase of his artistic career with an exhibition of recent works at 11-12 Gallery, located in the Plaza Itzcatzú shopping center.

The artist exhibits nine paintings in large format, in which he retrieves the soul and colors of his native Limon, with a language ever closer to abstraction. ...

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In Costa Rica, anyone interested in obtaining a driver’s license will have to do the practical test in a vehicle with a manual transmission because the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT by its initials in Spanish) will no longer accept automobiles with automatic transmissions. The new provision took effect Wednesday, Nov. 19, according a press release sent by the MOPT.

The authorities argue that the measure will make the process more rigorous and will assess the driver’s...

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In Costa Rica, excessive paperwork due to political decisions and actions make it almost impossible for entrepreneurs to have access to the benefits for sustainable forest management and the development of forest plantations.

This is what 50 experts, researchers, academicians and entrepreneurs from the sector who participated in a workshop determined.

The workshop was organized by the Tropical Agronomy Center for Investigation and Learning (Catie by its initials in Spanish)...

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The U.S. firm Critical Mass joined the Costa Rican group Garnier to open its subsidiary of The Hangar Interactive, an interactive marketing firm that will provide services to companies in North America and Europe.

The firms that resort to interactive marketing use the Internet, e-mail and cell phone as a means to promote themselves and attract more customers.

In the country, The Hangar Interactive will make web sites specifically for marketing and hire 30 people, but...

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In Costa Rica, insecurity is such a complex problem that the solution is everyone's business, not only the authorities’.

Just as there are criticisms of the macroeconomic policies of the governments from which the social gap is said to have increased, negative values have penetrated into the very heart of the family which contributes to criminal behavior

Experts have listed ten ingredients which when mixed together are the breeding ground where crime flourishes.
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