Sharon Day is getting closer and closer to being elected as the new US ambassador to Costa Rica. The politician, a resident of South Florida, had a hearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. Day, key piece of Donald Trump’s gear in this state, said she was honored to be taken into […]
Archives for July 21, 2017
MEIC registers 641 complaints for anomalies in tourist services
From 2015 to June 2017 the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) has received 641 complaints against companies claiming to provide tourist services. Only in 2017, there have been 78 claims for forward sales, that is, those payments for which a refund is not obtained until later. The numbers were revealed on Thursday morning, […]
OIJ warns that it only serves basic and emergency services
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) reported on Thursday that only basic and emergency services work in the national territory. According to Gerald Campos, deputy director of the entity, bodies are being collected in the crime scenes and then received in the judicial morgue, and urgent autopsies are being carried out. Everything that is urgent, relevant […]
US Embassy will be closed on Tuesday
If you have paperwork to do at the US Embassy, please note that it will be closed on July 25th. As reported, the closure is due to the July 25th celebration of the Annexation of the Nicoya Party to Costa Rica. The Embassy and Consular Section will open again on Wednesday, during normal hours, from […]
Bancrédito employees feel mocked by the government
In the Commission for Control of Income and Public Expenditure, the secretary of the Union of Employees of Bancrédito raised the voice and accused the government of ignoring them and leaving them adrift after the closure of the bank. Julio Baltodano faced the Minister of the Presidency, Sergio Alfaro and the Minister of Finance, Helio […]
Two dead in riot during opposition strike in Venezuela
Two people were shot dead and three others were injured during a protest outside Caracas, as part of a strike called by the Venezuelan opposition against President Nicolás Maduro and his Constituent Assembly. The Prosecutor’s Office stated that Ronney Tejera was participating in a demonstration in Los Teques sector when he was injured by a […]