San Jose, Costa Rica News

At 7:14pm in downtown San Jose the "gordo navideno" numbers dropped from the tumbling wheel, with the number "90" with series "892" as the grand prize winner.

On the final day of the State visit to Costa Rica, Canada's Governor General, Michaelle Jean, toured revitalization projects in two San Jose neighbourhoods.

In the Star-Telegram "Watchdog" Fort Worth, Texas, column, Dave Lieber recounts how an 86-year-old man did the right thing by not getting hooked in by lottery scammers again.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement , Florida Department of Corrections and the Florida Police Chiefs Association are offering a reward for information leading to the capture of Julio Bonchea, 49, for his 2000 escape from the Calhoun Correctional Institution.

Just as an international court ruled that Mexican authorities failed to investigate the murders of three women in Juarez in 2001, the violence against women and girls continues.

Dec. 10, 2009 - Broadcast systems integrator TV Magic today announced the appointment of Benito Behar as the company's vice president of sales.

San Jose, Costa Rica -- Former Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazo Odio has died of complications from open-heart surgery.

There are some great holiday hotel deals in Costa Rica for under $100. Unfortunately, some seem to be over Christmas--from December 24 to December 27.

Fiscalia Investigates Lawyers For "Marriages of Convenience" The Fiscalia confirmed Wednesday it is investigating at least two lawyers and notaries for officiating more than 100 marriages of convenience.

Guillermo Matamoros, viceministro de Concesiones for the MOPT, the new road to Caldera and the last 40 kilometres of the Costanera Sur, said on Friday that the two roads should be ready earlier than expected, in the first months of 2010, as the projects are about 90% complete.

Unicorn Multimedia, a small website and game design company that was founded in San Jose, today released a great new game for the iPhone called Joovia Extreme Sports, available now in the iTunes App Store.

Costa Rican tourism sector hopes high season will rejuvenate low year Dec. 2--The official first day of tourism high season began Tuesday, as Dec.

These impressions of Granada, Nicaragua, have been made from visa runs from Costa Rica.

Eurowings is gradually replacing its BAe 146-200 and 146-300 fleet with newer Bombardier CRJ900s.

She's currently riding high at the top of the movie charts with huge new release New Moon.

Gambling911.com The online gambling Mecca of San Jose, Costa Rica, is about to go green thanks to one soul known as "Search Engine Bob". The vast majority of online gambling businesses operating out of Costa Rica are sportsbooks, which go through computers like some of us go through pairs of underwear.

US Airways has signed a codeshare deal with Taca Airlines that will let customers to fly to more destinations in Central and South America next year.

The global online community has chosen Nature Air as one of its top leaders for sustainable tourism in the second annual Geotourism Challenge, sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Ashoka's Changemakers.

The Pulse of Radio reports: METALLICA recently announced an early 2010 tour of South and Central America, with the band visiting two cities a ' Panama City and San Jose, Costa Rica a ' that it has never played before.

Monday November 16th, 2009 Hotel Indigo Opened 13 Hotels and Signed 14 Deals Globally Through 3rd Quarter 2009 Boutique brand delivers refreshingly local hotel experience for both owners and guests Hotel Indigo opened 13 hotels and signed 14 deals globally in the first nine months of 2009, as reported in IHG's 3rd quarter earnings, demonstrating ...