Archives for March 2017

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced Ronald Saborío’s appointment as chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal that will make a decision on the international litigation that Ukraine has initiated against Russia. The WTO communiqué states that both countries were able to agree on the three arbitrators to whom the case would be presented. Saborío will […]

Expomóvil fair will start on March 16th in Pedregal Events Center. The Association of Importers of Vehicles and Machinery (AIVEMA) expects to exceed the numbers of the previous year’s edition, when 10,000 units were sold during the fair and the following 3 months, since the agencies maintained the benefits. Carlos Aguilar, a spokesman for AIVEMA […]

As part of their political-control functions, legislators may request to start investigations based on public-interest complaints. They can also ask for the creation of committees to be in charge of such complaints, which in turn, must be reported to the legislative plenary for discussion and voting. However, the reality is that the plenary almost never […]

The Social-Christian Youth Front is requesting “real spaces” for participation within the ranks of the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC). That’s why they asked the members of the National Executive Committee to include within the agenda of the next National Assembly a series of topics they need to discuss and reform to achieve effectiveness. The […]

Acapulco, in Puntarenas, is unknown, it is silent. There are almost no houses, and it has a school that was attended by 9 children in 2017. Its residents say that they can sleep with open doors. Citizens assure that they live in peace. They do not even imagine that the Violence Observatory of the Vice […]