The government turned to the experiences of countries such as Uruguay, Peru and Spain to undertake a task that the last administrations have postponed: a comprehensive reform of the Statute of the Foreign Service, the law that governs the national diplomatic career. On Monday, the ambassador of Uruguay, Fernando Sandin Tusso, will visit the Foreign […]
Archives for February 2019
Forest fire under control near wind farm in Santa Ana
On Sunday afternoon, the Fire Department of Costa Rica dealt with a forest fire in a plot adjacent to the wind towers of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) in Santa Ana. As confirmed by the press office of the entity, about 20 firefighters were battling the flames with hand tools and rapid attack units […]
Foreign Ministry claims it had no information about domestic violence in Chinese embassy
The Foreign Ministry prefers not to take sides and wait for “a communication” to intervene in sensitive issues such as violence against women. The Ministry won’t hold the Chinese embassy in Costa Rica to account until it has “knowledge” of an alleged case of aggression committed by the cultural attaché of the embassy against his […]
Argentinian family stolen from their most precious possession while visiting CR
Once again, the growing crime and insecurity attack tourists who come to enjoy this country, persuaded by its already-tarnished fame of being a safe nation. An Argentinian family who arrived in Costa Rica in their motor home, after leaving their country three years ago to start a film project, were robbed of their computer with […]
Chancellor went to Uruguay to analyze crisis in Venezuela
Foreign Minister Manuel Ventura traveled to Montevideo, Uruguay, to participate in the meeting of the International Contact Group for Venezuela. The foreign ministers of this group, made up of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia and another country that will be announced shortly, will seek […]
MINAE has 10 days to hand in environmental impact information
The Constitutional Chamber allowed a writ of amparo in favor of legislator María José Corrales, who had requested information on the environmental impact in Crucitas, in Cutris de San Carlos, to the vice minister of environmental management María Celeste López, of the Ministry of Environment (MINAE). The institution was able to verify that the legislator […]