Protesters repeated “Leave, JOH! Out, JOH!” (Hernandez’s initials), accusing the president of leading a fraud and the electoral tribunal to orchestrate a “robbery” to Nasralla (64), a television presenter and candidate of the leftist Alliance of Opposition Against the Dictatorship. The votes are being stolen,” said Jesús Elvis, a 58-year-old accountant carrying a banner near […]
Archives for December 3, 2017
Legislators endorse project to encourage the use of bicycles
Legislators of the Environment Commission unanimously endorsed a bill that aims to encourage the use of bicycles and other alternative means of transport. The initiative, called the Law for mobility and bicycle safety, was affirmatively approved by that legislative body. The proposal, promoted by Edgardo Araya, from Frente Amplio, aims to declare the public interest […]
More than a thousand kilos of coca confiscated in Quepos
This weekend, the authorities of the National Coastguard Service (SNGC) and the Drug Control Police (PCD), along with the support of the United States, located a boat with 1300 kilograms of cocaine. The finding occurred 55 nautical miles off the coast of Quepos. In addition, four Costa Ricans named Manzanares González, Hernández González, Hernández González […]
Plastic caps and a comb found inside a fish
Have you thought about the fate of a bottle cap once you throw it away? Sometimes, it ends up in a garbage dump, but a large number of them remain in our seas and animals end up suffering. A video published on Facebook by the Romelia National Wildlife Refuge in Montezuma shows how a man […]
Legislator asks to investigate environmental damage in Virilla River
Marco Vinicio Redondo, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), asked the Public Prosecutor’s Office to open a new investigation into environmental damages in the Virilla River protection area. The legislator denounced actions such as clearing of trees, earth-moving, destruction of an important aquifer recharge area, dumping of polluting waste and diversion of the river’s natural […]
CRECEX calls to refrain from sending cargoes to Honduras
In the face of unrest in Honduras over alleged electoral fraud in the elections held on November 26th, the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (CRECEX) expressed concern and called on importers and exporters to take a break in sending cargo to this country. For now, we recommend not sending cargo, or move through Honduras until […]