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Humble dung beetle looks to the stars

The next time that expats are outside finding their direction by the stars, they might not be alone. Researchers at a South African university report...

Authorities remove 150 squatters from farm in Puntarenas

www.InsideCostaRica.com January 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Police officers of the Fuerza Publica in riot gear removed 150 people, including men, women and children who had invaded...

Reports: man who escaped prison dressed as a woman to fool guards

www.InsideCostaRica.com January 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Bryan Cordero Obando, 25, who escaped from La Reforma Prison on January 19th, dressed as a woman in order to...

Authorities raid two San José massage parlors; arrest two on pimping charges

www.InsideCostaRica.com January 23rd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Agents of the Sex Crimes Unit of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) and municipal police officers raided two San José...

Panama canal expansion to be completed in 2015: minister

www.InsideCostaRica.com DAVOS, January 23, 2014 (AFP) – Work to enlarge the Panama Canal will be completed in 2015 no matter what, Panamanian Finance Minister Frank...

Operation Martillo: 2 recent busts continue success

www.InsideCostaRica.com By Ezra Fieser / ISH January 23, 2014 (ISH) The United States and the British Royal navies recently made separate narcotics seizures, marking continued...

Electricity from organ movements could soon power body implants

www.InsideCostaRica.com By Jessica Berman / VOA January 23, 2014 (VOA) Someday, implanted medical devices such as a heart pacemaker may be powered by the movement...

Costa Rica government accused of spying on newspaper’s reporters

www.InsideCostaRica.com January 22nd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Reporters Without Borders is calling for an investigation into spying on the San José-based Diario Extra newspaper, which reported at...

Proposal offered in Panama Canal dispute

www.InsideCostaRica.com PANAMA CITY, January 22, 2014 (AFP) – A consortium working on widening the Panama Canal presented a proposal Tuesday that officials here said could...

Shiva calls on Costa Rica to continue fight against GMOs and pesticides

www.InsideCostaRica.com January 22nd, 2014 (InsideCostaRica.com) Indian physicist, environmental activist and anti-globalization author Vandana Shiva spoke to a packed auditorium at the University of Costa Rica...