Dozens of emails are designed to provide products such as birth control pills and medications for erectile dysfunction, but buying them online could turn people into the victims of a scam. We always recommend that people buy drugs in authorized establishments because 50% of these drugs are fake and the location of the alleged foreign […]
Archives for August 2016
International drug trade: a family business settled in costa Rica
In August, 1995, five members of a family were arrested. They were sentenced for international drug trafficking. 21 years later, they were captured again, this time in Pérez Zeledón. Five out of the 7 detainees are surnamed Vargas Hidalgo. They are part of the biggest drug trafficking gang of Pérez Zeledón. The subjects counted on […]
IACHR president will visit Costa Rica
Today, president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) James Cavallaro, will visit Costa Rica on a business trip. The chairman’s goal is to hold conversations with national authorities as well as participate in some forums. Cavallaro will meet Ombudswoman Monserrat Solano to address the issue of human rights in the country. He will […]
2 MINAE officials were part of a drug gang
Yesterday morning, the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) arrested 2 officials from the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) on suspicion of allowing marijuana cultivation in La Amistad National Park. Moreover, a 14-people gang, which is linked to the production of this drug, was dismantled. According to the OIJ Press Office, on August 5th, 7 suspects […]
Oil directs Costa Rican inflation
International shifts in oil prices have a direct impact on the national economy because they establish the criteria for Costa Rican prices. According to data from the brokerage firm Aldesa, the price of oil has had three stages during 2016. At the beginning of the year continued the downward trend to reach $ 30 per […]
Tank Museum is auctioning armored vehicles due to the lack of visitors
One of the many World War II museums in the French region of Normandy is auctioning its collection due to the lack of visitors (this year it has had a 30% decrease). The museum was opened three years ago, and it belongs to a former Air France pilot who assembled it over decades. Among the 130 […]