The basic passive rate (TBP) rose 10 basis points to 4.55% since Thursday, April 13th, according to data published by the Central Bank in the middle of the week. The indicator is 100 basis points below the figure shown on the same date a year earlier. The increase this week was influenced by an increase […]
Archives for April 17, 2017
Easter deaths: 36 so far
So far, Easter has recorded 36 deaths, according to the report sent by the Costa Rican Red Cross. From April 8th until this Sunday, the rescuers have assisted more than 680 people. The accidents on the road are responsible for most of the deceased: five for substances abuse, four for crashes and two more for […]
The awakening of Poás Volcano after 64 years of “inactivity”
On April 12th, Poás Volcano awoke from a 64-year-long dream. The last eruption that had occurred dates from 1953 and lasted until 1956. Although Poás is one of the five most active volcanoes in the country, its activity was light, with small gas emissions and an acidic lagoon of great value for tourism. The Poás […]
Another prisoner took monitoring bracelet off
On April 14th, Public Security officers found an electronic bracelet when they were dealing with a burglary alert at a commercial location in 10th Avenue, streets 2 and 4. According to Carlos Hidalgo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, when arriving at the site and because of the difficult access, since it was […]
Costa Rican seeks to improve native agriculture from France
A Costa Rican man is studying how to improve the agriculture of the indigenous people of Talamanca from a university in France. Ricardo Salazar, from the University of Montpellier, focuses his PhD research on how to optimize the management of organic production systems in the mountains. This research combines the ancestral knowledge of Costa Rican […]
Sexual abuse committed in Costa Rica sparks scandal in the US
The Choate Rosemary Hall private school in Wallingford, Connecticut, where prominent figures such as former President John F. Kennedy, actor Michael Douglas and first daughter Ivanka Trump studied, admitted more than four decades of sexual abuse by teachers to their students. Costa Rica is widely included in the report of abuses because some of the […]