A total of 31 people have died in incidents linked to opposition protests that began a little more than a month ago in Venezuela, according to a new Public Prosecutor’s Office report released on Wednesday. There was a motorcyclist who was hit by a truck dodging a barricade on the main highway in Caracas, and […]
Archives for May 4, 2017
Somali arrested for terrorist ties still awaiting deportation
The Somali man suspected of terrorist ties, arrested here in March, is still waiting to be deported. The Immigration Police confirmed that Mohamed Ibaarahim Qoordheer, 25, will be removed from Costa Rica for having an irregular immigration status. The man was arrested on March 23rd on suspicion of having links with radical terrorist groups in […]
Frente Amplio calls for resignation of Jorge Arguedas and Ligia Fallas
Jorge Arguedas and Ligia Fallas are not legislators of Frente Amplio, they have never been, they have always denied the party that took them to Parliament, its leadership and now its parliamentary faction,” said on Wednesday the leader of the political grouping. In a public statement, the Political Commission of the party censured that both […]
Country reports 185 homicides in the first 4 months of the year
The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) reports a total of 185 homicides investigated in the national territory during the first four months of 2017. This was announced by Álvaro González, head of the OIJ homicide section, after the death of a 19-year-old boy in Desamparados on Tuesday night. Authorities estimate that 2017 could end with more […]
Woman and newborn were flown from indigenous zone
A woman and her newborn baby were transported in a helicopter from the Air Surveillance Service (SVA) of the Ministry of Public Safety to Turrialba due to postpartum complications. The flight was made from the indigenous area of El Chirripo to the hospital in Turrialba. The SVA indicated that so far in 2017, they have […]
President insists on approving the tax reform
On Wednesday, Luis Guillermo Solís gave his speech of accountability for the third year of administration. He did so in the Plenary Assembly of the Legislative Assembly before legislators, diplomatic corps, magistrates and government ministers. The president reiterated the need for Costa Rica to approve the projects of Value Added Tax and the reform to […]