Fifteen countries, including Costa Rica, requested a special session for Wednesday, April 26th, in which a resolution calling on the foreign ministers of the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) would be approved. This meeting would address the crisis in Venezuela, where the struggle between the government of Nicolás Maduro and the […]
Archives for April 26, 2017
Not supporting Ottón Solís is a tactic of the Government
Neither the Executive Power nor President Luis Guillermo Solís gave public support to Ottón Solís to become president of the Legislative Assembly, nor will they negotiate with the fractions. According to Deputy Minister of the Presidency, Luis Paulino Mora, this is a governmental tactic. Since Ottón Solís announced his intentions, the president’s statements were clear […]
May and beetles come together
With the arrival of the fifth month of the year, some well-known visitors also come: the “May beetle”. What brings these visitors to our homes? The transition from summer to the rainy season. Federico Paniagua, a specialist from the Insect Museum at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), explained that rainfall brings favorable conditions for […]
Óscar López wants to rule the Legislative Assembly
Legislator Óscar López, from Partido Accesibilidad sin Exclusión (PASE) (PASE), made official his candidacy for the Presidency of the Legislative Assembly for the last year. The legislator said that if elected on May 1st, he pledges not to obstruct the progress of any bills, even if he does not agree with them. He added that […]
300 detainees, but only one sentence
300 people were detained by the Fiscal Control Police (PCF) from January 2015 to March 2017. Those suspected of committing smuggling offenses were brought before the Public Prosecutor’s Office. However, to date, only one of them was convicted in the courts. It is hard: they are investigations that cost us many hours and resources. Unfortunately, […]
Fighting roosters were found in a sack
A man was about to wash his hands in Peñas Blancas river, but there was a macabre, cruel surprise. At the site, he found many fighting cocks, some of them were alive, others were dead. They had recently been abandoned there in a sack. The man, identified as Keneth Monge, made some pictures and recorded a video […]