In 15 days, Luis Guillermo Solís will hand over power to Carlos Alvarado. A day before, on May 7th, the president will be in San Ramón delivering the new Professional Technical College of San Isidro, in that sector of the West of the country, as announced by the Minister of Communication, Mauricio Herrera. That will […]
Archives for April 2018
Chancellery handles possible identities of Ticos murdered in Colombia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (MREC) confirmed Colombian authorities provided two possible names and identification numbers of the people who would have been murdered in a farm in the department of Cundinamarca. Based on these data, the Costa Rican authorities initiated a process for the revision of fingerprints in the Civil Registry. In […]
Police caught Cameroonian linked to drugs
There are more than 10,500 kilometers between Costa Rica and Cameroon. However, that does not prevent some citizens of the African country from coming here and part-take in drug consumption and other illicit activities. On Tuesday, a Cameroonian named Silver was found consuming drugs between Avenidas 5 and 7 on Calle 12 in San José. […]
Congress condemns police attacks on civilians in Nicaragua
On Wednesday, the Congress condemned the police and military attacks of Daniel Ortega’s government against its citizens in Nicaragua. A total of 36 lesgislators approved a motion in that regard. The legislators Ottón Solís, Marvin Atencio and Marco Vinicio Redondo, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), as well as Ligia Fallas, from Frente Amplio, voted […]
Restoration will not vote for PAC in the Congress
The future legislative fraction of the National Restoration Party (PRN) announced on Wednesday that it will not vote for the Citizen Action Party (PAC) in the elections for the Presidency of Congress on May 1st, although it will support a shared Legislative Directorate. For the PRN, there is a clear mandate from Costa Ricans who […]
Eight-year-old Swiss boy drowned in La Fortuna
An 8-year-old Swiss boy died on Wednesday afternoon in La Fortuna Waterfall in San Carlos de Alajuela. The information was confirmed by the Costa Rican Red Cross (CRC). The body of the child appeared 30 meters downstream from where he disappeared. The family accompanying the child reported at 1:30 p.m. that they did not know […]