More than 300 entrepreneurs, including independent producers, organized groups, associations of producers, cooperatives and artisan groups, from 64 cantons of the country await you from April 13th to 15th in the VII edition of the Costa Rican Gustico Fair. This year, the Gustico will highlight the activities developed by agro-producer families throughout the country. Family […]
Archives for April 12, 2018
More debt! Government will resort to loan to offset expenses caused by Nate
In order to recover part of the resources used by the Government to restore road infrastructure and basic water services affected by Tropical Storm Nate, the government will resort to a loan granted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The Executive Branch has already presented the Legislative Assembly with bill 20,747, “Approval of Loan Agreement […]
Turrialba Volcano releases gases 1km in the air
The scientists of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of the National University are closely monitoring the increased activity in the Turrialba Volcano. On Thursday morning, the massif released a large amount of water vapor and gases, which reached almost the kilometer in the air. On Wednesday night there was a lot of incandescence that was […]
Criminal case opened against Prosecutor for alleged bribery of “Palidejo”
The Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the Deputy Prosecutor for Probity, Transparency and Anticorruption to open a criminal case against Mauricio Boraschi, Deputy Prosecutor of Territorial Prosecutors and former Chief of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS). In a press release, the Attorney General, Emilia Navas, asked the Prosecutor’s Office for Probity to open the […]
Indigenous people denounce the destruction of wetlands in the Northern Zone
A group of Maleku natives made a visit to the wetland sector in Caño Blanco in Guatuso a few days ago to protest about an alleged diversion of the rivers out of their natural canals. According to Marconi Lacayo, representative of the indigenous group, apparently, farmers and people who are not indigenous intend to dredge […]
Second reading approval to sanction legislators for lack of integrity
On Thursday, the Legislative Assembly approved in the second reading the constitutional reform project that allows to dismiss a legislator for lack of integrity or probity. Ottón Solís, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), said the slow progress of the initiative in the Congress was shameful. Since 2010, the Constitutional Chamber warned about the urgency […]