Emilia Navas, the new Attorney General, appointed after the suspension of Jorge Chavarria, shook thing up at the Public Ministry upon her arrival. Navas, who minutes after being appointed promised she would do “what must be done,” began her duties with a series of changes in the structure of the Office of the Prosecutor. With […]
Archives for October 19, 2017
Another risk rating agency downgraded the BCR over cementazo
Rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded the Bank of Costa Rica’s viability rating, just like Moody’s rating earlier this month. According to a report released on Thursday, the rating agency decided to lower the rating from “bb” to “bb-” on the international scale and simultaneously placed it in negative observation. The decline in the viability of […]
Guatemalan woman was forced to work 17 hours straight, without pay or food
She worked for up to 17 hours a day, she could not talk to her family in Guatemala, she did not receive any payment, nor did she have established times for her food or a worker’s insurance. That was the ordeal of a Guatemalan woman, who would have been a victim of human trafficking for […]
Morales Zapata got JCB two meetings in Zapote
The former Minister of the Presidency, Melvin Jiménez confessed -under oath- that former legislator of PAC, Víctor Morales Zapata was the one who got two meetings for Chinese cement importer Juan Carlos Bolaños in Presidential House. The second meeting was announced by CRHoy.com months ago, when it was revealed that Bolaños went to the office […]
Pakistani led human trafficking gang in Costa Rica
Sharafat Ali Khan, a Brazilian nationalized Pakistani, was convicted by US authorities as the leader of a human trafficking gang. They used Costa Rica, among other countries in the region, to reach the United States. The United States Department of Justice reported that Ali Khan, 32, was sentenced to 31 months in prison for trafficking […]
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister says Costa Rica is an instrument of the United States
An official statement by the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry raised a storm of attacks from Jorge Arreaza, the Venezuelan foreign minister. The Costa Rican government announced that it did not recognize the results of the regional elections held on Sunday in that South American country, plagued by a political and social crisis. That position was […]