What could have driven Michael Adrián Salmerón to commit the heinous crime in Matapalo? As determined by the judge, a deep hatred against Yeimmy Jessica Durán Guerra was the trigger for the multiple homicide against five members of the Beauchamp Durán family. Salmerón, 24, was sentenced to 183 years in prison for stabbing to death […]
Archives for July 2016
José María Figueres: this path is difficult but the odds are not entirely against her
With tears in his eyes and with great excitement, the former president of the Republic, José María Figueres, referred to his sister’s candidacy to the general secretariat of the United Nations. The path Christiana has chosen has never been easy and this one is certainly difficult and very complex, but the odds are not entirely […]
More seek refuge in Costa Rica
From January to May, 2016, 1492 people asked for refugee in Costa Rica. According to Gladys Jiménez, head of Directorate General of Immigration, two years ago, 1384 asylum applications were filed, while in 2015 that number rose to 2203. However, during this year, 1492 people has requested refugee. During the past 15 years, Costa Rica […]
CR close to falling into undesirable list
Is Costa Rica on the verge of falling into list of countries that do not cooperate in the fight against terrorism? The question arose on Thursday because the Legislature did not meet the deadline to approve a legal reform that criminalizes terrorist financing. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) called for the country to meet […]
Economy will grow less in the second half of the year
The second half of 2016 will see a slowdown in economic activity as a result of the global slowdown and therefore of the main trading partners: the United States and Europe. The IMF and the World Bank now forecast less than 4% of production growth at the end of the year, despite the Central Bank […]
Man arrested for spreading child pornography on social networks
On July 7th, a 39-year-old man was arrested under suspicion of spreading child pornography through social networks. Apparently, the subject sent child pornography to a person who alerted authorities through 911. The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) started the proper investigations and they were able to identify the man, who was arrested at his workplace […]