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Archives for January 2018

Political parties omit what they’ll do to improve infrastructure

January 30, 2018 by Staff News Writer

According to the last report of the World Economic Forum, out of the 22 Latin American countries under study, Costa Rica ranks twentieth, being one of the countries with the worst road infrastructure. Besides that, it has 30 years of lag in the subject, and technological inability and indebtedness grow every day, according to four […]

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Five policemen died after bomb attack in Colombia

January 29, 2018 by Staff News Writer

At least five police officers were killed and 41 were wounded this Saturday in an attack with explosives against a barracks in the Colombian city of Barranquilla, which was attributed at first to drug trafficking gangs. This is one of the worst attacks committed in recent years against the security forces in one of the […]

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Honduras repeats president: first day full of protests

January 29, 2018 by Staff News Writer

The president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, took office for the second consecutive time on Saturday amid protests by the opposition, which continues to claim that there was a fraud in the controversial elections held in November. Hernández received the presidential band in a session of the Congress in the National Stadium of the capital, […]

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PAC proposes including credit frauds in the Criminal Code

January 29, 2018 by Staff News Writer

Legislator Javier Cambronero, head of the fraction of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), presented a bill to include the credit frauds as a crime in the Criminal Code. According to the legislator, adding this type of crime to the Costa Rican legal framework is necessary to punish unscrupulous clients who cheat banks or financial entities. […]

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Heredia will have 10 power stations

January 29, 2018 by Staff News Writer

The new Law of Incentives for the Public Transport was signed on Friday, and the Company of Public Services of Heredia (ESPH) is already prepared for the installation of 10 electrolineras (power stations). Five of them will be found in the National Convention Center, while the others will be distributed throughout the province. However, it […]

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Venezuelans ask ambassador in Costa Rica to leave office

January 28, 2018 by Staff News Writer

On Sunday morning, the New Venezuela Movement and the Costa Rican organization Un Mundo Sin Mordaza (A world without censonrship) protested outside the Venezuelan embassy, in San Pedro de Montes de Oca, with the intention of asking the current ambassador, Jesús Javier Arias Cárdenas, to leave office. In addition, Roberto Blanco, leader of the Movement, […]

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U.S. President Orders Navy Task Force to Caribbean to Counter Venezuela Threat

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Legislators approve moratorium for registration of shareholders

President confirms gasoline give away for ethanol pilot project

Chinese company sells low cost smart phones in Costa Rica

Search continues for small plane missing in Drake

Farmers will march to the Ministry of Agriculture

IMN warns of dangerous UV radiation this Friday

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