Archives for August 30, 2016

For 9 crimes of embezzlement, a former official of the National Insurance Institute (INS), named Acuña Miranda, was sentenced to 27 years in prison. The sentence was handed down on August 18th by the Finance Criminal Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in San José. Acuña was the former keeper of the Financial Department of […]

The law that will punish the improper relationships was passed yesterday with 40 votes in favor and 3 votes against. According to the act, it is punishable with imprisonment to have oral, anal or vaginal intercourse with a minor, on the condition that it is not a rape, in the following cases: -When the victim […]

The former Portuguese Prime Minister, Antonio Guterres, remains at the top of the ratings as the favorite candidate to replace Ban Ki-moon in the General Secretariat of the United Nations (UN), after received again a strong support in the third secret ballot held by the Security Council. Despite his comfortable lead, Guterres is not guaranteed […]

Last week there were 22 kilos of cocaine hidden in a trailer and a Guatemalan was arrested for alleged drug trafficking. Today it is the same old story: Police Drug Control seized 18 kilos of cocaine located in the differential of a trailer, which was heading to Nicaragua, driven by a 33-year-old Guatemalan surnamed Arana […]

It seems that Pokémon Go fever has lost ground in the world, although experts say that the decline of users is completely normal. As reported by the American company Bloomberg, the game went from having 45 million active users on July 19th to have 30 million in mid-August. According to statistics from the company Apptopia, […]

A reform would allow the dissolution of marriages with only the unilateral will of one of the spouses. The proposal presented by several legislators is part of a set of changes to the Notarial Code seeking to speed up a lot of paperwork for Costa Ricans planning to get a divorce. The initiative clearly states […]