The Criminal Court of Alajuela deemed unnecessary to trial a Syrian woman accused of using a fake document. The 32-year-old woman by the name of Bustati was arrested in November 2015 after entering the country using a Greek passport -apparently fake- in order to reach the United States along with another group of Syrians. The […]
Archives for May 2017
Watch military tank attack Venezuelan protesters
Venezuelan university students will march on President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, amid fears of a new outbreak of violence that left 32 dead in just over a month of opposition protests. Yesterday, the wave of violence increased, while the population’s discontent over Maduro’s decisions grew. The repression increases, so much so that a tank truck […]
7 countries to discuss progress on LGBTI population rights
From Wednesday until Friday, seven countries will discuss the progress in the human rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGTBI). Representatives of the offices Human Rights Ombudsman of Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, and Guatemala will participate in the event, organized by Montserrat Solano, Ombudsman of Costa Rica, within the […]
Universities prepare for Discovery project arrival
The arrival of the project Discovery to the country generated great expectation, mainly by the amount of jobs that would be created. Even private universities decided to bet on the reinforcement of their hotel, gastronomy and tourism careers to attract a greater number of students. According to Benito Avilés, Dean of the Faculty of Hospitality […]
More dead in Venezuela protests
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 […]
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 […]