Legislators from five political parties presented a bill that seeks to have the state incorporate the variable of the threat of climate change into all public environmental policies. The initiative was signed by lawmakers Marcela Guerrero, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), Juan Marín and Maureen Fallas, National Liberation Party (PLN), William Alvarado, Christian Social […]
Archives for September 21, 2017
Once again Guatemalan Congress protected president accused of corruption
Once again the Guatemalan Congress prevented a criminal investigation against President Jimmy Morales, failing to reach enough votes to withdraw his immunity, since he was accused of corruption by the prosecution and a UN anti-mafia commission. In a new vote, the legislators reached 70 votes in favor and 42 against and did not reach the […]
German elderly woman found death near airport
On Thursday morning, the body of an elderly woman over 80 years old, was found in a vehicle in Juan Santamaria airport. According to the Red Cross department, she was found by gate 7 inside a car.” According to preliminary police reports, it seems it was an assault that occurred in the (apparently German) woman’s […]
Project seeks to give interventionist role to the State
Entrepreneurs grouped in the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Private Sector Associations (UCCAEP) expressed their concern about what they believe is an attempt to give an interventionist role to the State in food and nutrition. This is what they say about the draft law 20.076, which seeks to create 82 cantonal committees to decide […]
San José courts evacuated over bomb alert
The trial of four physicians and a Greek merchant, suspected of forming a trafficking group for the purpose of illicit extraction of organs, was supposed to continue on Thursday afternoon. However, a bomb alert at 2:15 p.m. caused the evacuation of all the buildings that make up the First Circuit of San José. Apparently, it […]
Man arrested for human trafficking in Los Chiles
Officials of the Border Police chased and arrested an alleged human trafficker in Tablillas de Los Chiles, a town in the province of Alajuela. According to police reports, the suspect is surnamed Salinas, 26, and is a neighbor of this border community. The agents surprised him with two people, a 17-year-old teenager and his adult […]