Archives for August 2016

Minister of Justice and Peace, María Cecilia Sánchez, ordered to permanently close the F area (Old Maximun Security) of La Reforma Center. A place like that is completely inadequate, unhealthy, maddening. It is my duty to close it, for many reasons, especially because it is against human dignity” said the Minister. The current administration found […]

Dozens of companies are threatening to leave the country if a 72% increase on the gas price and a 35% increase of bunker price are approved. This would also affect the pocket of 451 thousand families who depend on this product. The controversy began last December when the Regulatory Authority of Public Services proposed the […]

This is a new week for a new battle against the mosquitoes that carry dengue, chikungunya and zika, affecting thousands of people throughout the country. Costa Rica reported 522 cases of zika, almost 2,000 of chikungunya and it’s approaching to 13 thousand dengue cases. Actions from the population are urgent, since breeding larvae and eggs […]

The signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Costa Rica and China was received by the productive sectors with optimism; however, after almost 5 year, the dynamism of the second largest economy in the world did not represent a significant growth in sales. Karina Lopez, coordinator of Market Research at Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER) […]

The operational work of the security forces in Cuajiniquil Santa Cruz during this weekend led to positive results: police officers and officials from the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) seized 37 cedar planks, 31 logs of trees and a 4 × 4vehicle. A Nicaraguan national named Witt was arrested for the crime of illegal […]

This weekend, in Westphalia (Limón), coastguards and Air surveillance gave a new blow to drug trafficking by intercepting a boat with foreigners who were transferring 8 packages with 25 kilos of cocaine each. The boat was carrying two Colombians named Morales (31), Moreno (40) and a Honduran man named Gómez (35). None of them had […]