Costa Rican currency to be revamped
The government announced yesterday that the Costa Rican currency, the colon, will be given a revamp with new artwork, designs and even a possible change of material from cotton paper to plastic.
Costa Rica probes Liberty Reserve founder marriage The man who allegedly founded currency transfer firm Liberty Reserve may have paid a Costa Rican woman to marry him so he could get citizenship in this country, which lacks an extradition treaty with the United States, authorities said Wednesday.