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Archives for April 2017

Easter deaths: 36 so far

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

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 […]

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The awakening of Poás Volcano after 64 years of “inactivity”

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

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 […]

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Another prisoner took monitoring bracelet off

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

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 […]

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Costa Rican seeks to improve native agriculture from France

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

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 […]

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Sexual abuse committed in Costa Rica sparks scandal in the US

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

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 […]

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MSP and SNG angry for subject’s release

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The police action deployed by the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) and the National Coast Guard Service (SNG) to capture four suspects in international drug trafficking was insufficient. By decision of a judge of the Criminal Court of Limón, the subjects were released on Thursday without precautionary measures, although they carried 1.1 tons of marijuana. […]

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U.S. President Orders Navy Task Force to Caribbean to Counter Venezuela Threat

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Farmers will march to the Ministry of Agriculture

IMN warns of dangerous UV radiation this Friday

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