National legislators approved a motion to the reforms of the Legislative Assembly Regulation (RAL) to give more powers to the Security and Drug Trafficking Commission. The proposal by liberationist Gustavo Viales, who is also president of that legislative forum, reads as follows: The Permanent Special Commission for Security and Drug Trafficking is created, which will […]
Archives for February 27, 2019
Congress will vote to reform legislative regulation
Legislators finished voting on 189 basic motions presented to the bill to reform the Regulations of the Legislative Assembly. On Wednesday, they will begin to analyze revision motions, that is, proposals to allow a change of criteria on the final vote on a specific motion. When that process ends, the final discussion of the bill […]
President ordered not to go to Lima Group meeting
On Monday, the President of the Republic ordered that no representative of the Executive Power goes to Bogotá, Colombia, to the Lima Group meeting to discuss the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. Although Costa Rica is part of the Lima Group and most of the presidents and chancellors who make up this forum were […]
Tourism sector laments state of Manuel Antonio National Park
The Costa Rican Association of Tourism Operators (ACOT) and the National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) said the situation of Manuel Antonio National Park is shameful. Both institutions express that the conditions of the park are deplorable. Some of the problems reported by the national tourism sector is the ticket purchase system that generates long lines […]
Government appointed ambassadors to Colombia, Australia and OAS
On February 26th, the government announced the appointment of María Fulmen Salazar Elizondo as Ambassador of Costa Rica in the Republic of Colombia, and Armando Vargas Araya as Ambassador in the Commonwealth of Australia. They also announced the appointment of Olger Ignacio González Espinoza as alternate ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), and […]
Initiative to mix gasoline with ethanol goes forward
The government is moving forward with the proposal to mix super and regular gasoline with ethanol and place it on the market this year. Environment Minister Carlos Manuel Rodríguez said they are making adjustments. This is not the first attempt made by the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (RECOPE) to promote this mixture. However, Minister Rodríguez […]