All Entries in the "Local News" Category
National Emergency and the Hardest Part is Yet to Come
President Laura Chinchilla has declared a national state of emergency, which allocates funds to repair highways and compensate Costa Rican families affected by flooding. The bad news is that October is expected to be the heaviest month of rain, and the entire rainy season could last as late as December due to the La Niña [...]
CIA Overthrows Government of Costa Rica
In 1963 agents of the Central Intelligence Agency toppled the government of Costa Rica, however the operation turned out to be an error? While the video is obviously false it does highlight more than few historical events common with United States intervention in Central America during the cold war. The CIA did indeed operate clandestine [...]
President Returns from United Nations
President Laura Chinchilla returned from New York this week where she attended the UN Summit for Millennium Development Goals. Apart from the official purpose of the trip she dedicated a portion of her time to promote investment in Costa Rica. Earlier in the month Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the sovereign debt of Costa Rica, which [...]
Nation Critical of Caldera Highway Project
The Caldera highway operator is facing criticism from some of the most influential groups in the government at the same time it tries to duck financial responsibility for accidents on its toll highway. President Laura Chinchilla has ordered an investigation and a legislative committee is also heading up its own inquiry. Apart from looking for [...]
Despite Official Harassment Baton Releases New Video
Law enforcement officials in Costa Rica interrupted the filming of a music video by Limon artist, Herman Davis as he attempted to produce a video that mocks corruption in the ranks of the Transit Police. The reason given by police easier this month as they broke up the video shoot in Pavas is that the [...]
Interview with Expat Killer William Holbert
I am guilty… but I do not have faith that I will see 2011. These are the translated words of William Dathan Holbert in a recent prison interview in Panama. Holbert who is commonly known under the alias of Wild Bill Cortez wants to disassociate himself from that name and submit to justice in Panama [...]
Juan Rafael Mora Porras an Unlikely Hero
The Costa Rican Legislature recently declared former president from 1849 – 1859, Juan Rafael Mora Porras as a national hero, which is an odd choice as he was executed by firing squad in Puntarenas on the 30th of September, 1860. Mora became an unpopular figure after invading neighboring Nicaragua and returning with an outbreak of [...]
Costa Rica a Major Drug Transit Country
Costa Rica officially has a drug problem according to the government of the United States of America. President Barrack Obama designated Costa Rica among a list of 20 countries as either major transit or producers of illicit drugs. The annual report is required under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act and Obama issued the report for [...]
President Chinchilla Affirms Challenge of Crime in Central America
Last night President Chinchilla received the torch in Cartago and affirmed the struggle for security and stability in a Latin America filled with violence and organized crime. The “Antorcha” as it is known symbolizes the message of independence from Spain that spread from Mexico in 1821. We live in a difficult moment because drugs and [...]
Woman Goes Missing in Nicoya Peninsula
Kim Paris is a 33 year French National from Montreal who has gone missing from the Nicoya beach community of Santa Teresa in Costa Rica. She was last seen on August 25, while leaving the Latitude 10 Resort on a bicycle some time after 12pm. Kim has been living in Santa Teresa de Cóbano de [...]
