A man will spend the next 14 years in prison for taking advantage of a 14-year-old drug addict to produce pornography. The case dates back to 2009 in San José, when a subject surnamed Mora Calderón forced the girl, who lived alone, to pretend to be an adult to sign a contract to provide sexual […]
Archives for September 15, 2016
1,018 cases of Zika have been confirmed
The Ministry of Health confirmed the increase of Zika cases: there are 1,018 patients. According to the data, there were 54 positive Zika cases per week until the end of August. Authorities are worried about Puntarenas, because Zika has greatly attacked that area, followed by Matina. In addition, over 100 cases of patients with chikungunya and […]
Traffic of San José is one of the worst in the world
The latest Driver Satisfaction Study published by Waze Company gave San José a 0.74 in the evaluation of traffic. How is this measured? According to Waze, factors as density and severity of vehicular transit through the cities are taken into account. Other cities like Lima (Perú), Bogotá (Colombia), Manila (Philippines) and Guatemala City are also among […]
New School in Cartago will benefit 280 children
The new facilities of Mesén Street School in La Unión of Cartago were built to prevent both overcrowding and the effects of the floods. Geological criteria of the National Emergency Commission were used to its construction. Luis Guillermo Solís, President of the Republic, inaugurated the school, which has 14 classrooms, a cafeteria, administrative areas, restrooms, […]
Costa Ricans are working on the first Central American satellite
Luis Diego Monge, a member of the Central Association of Aeronautics and Space Board (AEA) and project manager, informed that “Proyecto Irazú” will start the construction of the first Central American satellite in January. It will be put into orbit between 2017 and 2018 in collaboration with the Government of Japan and the Japanese Space […]
Costa Rica is on the list: drug trafficking and production have increased in the country
According to a document presented by President Barack Obama to the United States Congress, Costa Rica in the list of countries with a high rate of drug trafficking and production. The document will be valid until 2017. Countries like Afghanistan, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, […]