Dr. Rodolfo Hernández, a candidate for the presidency of the Republican party, asked the government to remove its diplomatic representation in Venezuela as a measure against the political and social crisis they are experiencing. In that country, Costa Rica has only one official, Ana Patricia Villalobos, who is in charge of the paperwork of around […]
Archives for August 2017
17 Foreign Affairs Ministers won’t recognize Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly
On Tuesday, at a meeting in Lima, Ministers of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic representatives of 17 American countries condemned the collapse of democracy in Venezuela and refuse to recognize the recent installation of a constituent assembly. In a statement read to the press by Peruvian Chancellor Ricardo Luna, they rejected the breach of the democratic […]
Legislator proposes lowering political debt by 50% by 2018
Congressman Edgardo Araya, presidential candidate for Frente Amplio, presented a bill on Monday to reduce the amount of political debt for the 2018 presidential elections and the municipal elections of 2020 by 50%. With the initiative, Araya aims to reduce the budgetary burden of the State and to cushion the crisis of liquidity of the […]
Regional journalists analyze Costa Rica’s progress on environmental issues
This week, twenty-five journalists from Latin America and the United States analyze Costa Rica’s achievements and challenges on environmental issues, during a training session organized in the country for the following three days. From Monday to Wednesday, the group of communicators has received a firsthand-knowledge of the details related to climate change in the country. […]
Red Cross was attacked with stones when arriving to assist victim of rape
Once again, the Costa Rican Red Cross was targeted by criminals when assisting in an emergency in San Antonio de Escazú. The events occurred in the early hours of Sunday. The Escazú committee received a call to address an alleged case of rape against a minor. However, upon arriving at the site they were attacked […]
80 extra-continental migrants entered the country
An important group of extra-continental migrants entered Costa Rica between Sunday and Monday through Paso Canoas. There were 43 migrants from Nepal, 21 from Eritrea, three from Sri Lanka, eight from Congo and five from Angola. The health status of each of these people is being checked. Costa Rica suffered a migratory crisis in late […]