On Monday, a Venezuelan military court ordered the incarceration of a judge of a parallel supreme court appointed by the opposition majority parliament. This was reported by a human rights organization and the politician Henrique Capriles. Alfredo Romero, director of Criminal Forum, an organization that defends political prisoners, confirmed on Twitter that Ángel Zerpa had […]
Archives for July 24, 2017
These are the country’s challenges, according to INTERPOL
The INTERPOL sees computer crime, drug trafficking and border protection as the main security challenges for Costa Rica. This was explained by Gustavo Chinchilla, director of the INTERPOL office in the country. For him, the country must strengthen these points to face the security threats of concern in the country. In their opinion, police forces […]
7500 people without water for main pipe damage in San José
The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) announced that the repair of the main pipe located in the north side of the Central Park will be affecting 7500 people. They will not have drinking water supply until 3 p.m. The affected places are districts from San José, so the entity requested the rational […]
OECD: “In fiscal matters, Costa Rica is playing with fire”
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) made a strong call to the country, due to the little progress made in the reform of current sales and income taxes. Costa Rica is playing with fire … without reforms the country’s fiscal situation would become a threat … it is urgent to sanitize public accounts. […]
Fault in Osa and Burica peninsulas would cause 7.2 earthquake
An earthquake similar to the one from September 5th, 2012 in Nicoya is what is expected for the South Pacific of the country, specifically in the fault that lies below the Peninsula of Burica and Osa. This was explained by Marino Protti, a seismologist at the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), who […]
Central Bank to start raising in dollars
The Central Bank will begin the operations of raising dollars through electronic deposits in the coming days. This service will be available in installments between 30 and 1,800 days (five years), for financial intermediaries supervised by the General Superintendency of Financial Institutions. This will be an option for financial intermediaries to place their assets in […]