A gang consisting of three men suspected of committing at least 13 kidnappings in the Costa Rican Pacific was finally stopped on Monday morning. The criminal structure was dismantled after four raids that were carried out in Sabalito de Coto Brus, Quepos and Heredia. There the suspects named Ulate Vargas, Alcázar Alfaro and Zamora Quesada, […]
Archives for February 27, 2018
IMF met with legislators and finance minister
The head of the Central America Division of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Lorenzo Figliuoli, met on Monday with Finance Minister Helio Fallas and legisltors of all fractions. The purpose of the meeting was to analyze the fiscal scenario facing the country and the consequences if it continues without a deep reform of sales and […]
Unique Costa Rican software will help discover frauds
Dynamic Behavior Patterns is the name of a new software designed and created by Costa Ricans to increase the security of national and international financial companies in the protection of their clients’ resources. The software breaks traditional schemes and seeks to avoid previous fraudulent transactions and the search of known cases of fraud through expert […]
Two earthquakes in the South Zone
Two earthquakes, registered in a matter of 3 hours, kept the South Zone in the tenterhooks. The first of them, with 5.2 degrees, occurred at 7:15 a.m. on Monday with an epicenter four kilometers south of Puerto Jiménez, in Golfito de Puntarenas. The National Seismological Network (RSN) made a mapping of the repercussions and explained […]
70% of Venezuelans do not eat to feed their children
The economic crisis in Venezuela has hit families hard. According to the results of the 2017 Survey on Living Conditions in the country (Encovi), 80% of households do not eat properly and more than half of the country’s parents stop eating to feed their children. One of the medical specialists participating in the study said […]
PAC candidate contradicts himself on fast track to taxes
In a matter of one hour, the presidential candidate of the Citizen Action Party (PAC), Carlos Alvarado, changed his position regarding the urgency for the Legislative Assembly to approve a fast track for new taxes. After a meeting with legislators of the National Liberation Party ( PLN ) on Monday, he said he does not […]