Isla del Coco National Park was awarded the ‘Blue Park’ awards by the California Marine Conservation Institute, for its role as a global ocean refuge in the ‘Gold’ category. This award encourages marine protected areas that meet certain management and effectiveness standards. The announcement was made official on Thursday by the Ministry of Environment and […]
Archives for October 25, 2019
Suspects of attack to the Legislative Assembly with explosives under preventive arrest
The San José Criminal Court imposed six months of preventive arrest against six men suspected of putting explosive devices in the Legislative Assembly and outside Teletica Canal 7. The Court imposed that measure on Miguel Guitérrez Pizarro, Manfred Sandoval Alvarado, Luis Diego Navarro Naranjo, Tobi Borbón Navarro, Jerry Calderón Navarro and Álvaro Ureña. The arrested […]
Health confirms 250 cases of mumps outside prisons
So far this year, 746 cases of mumps have been detected nationwide, a figure that is out of the “average” of recent years, ranging from 100 to 300 cases. The outbreak in the prisons “triggered” the increase, since 496 of the patients are in this group (403 inmates and 93 officials). But even under “normal […]
Barclays recommends keeping investments in Costa Rica low
Barclays financial services company is recommending investors to keep their investments in Costa Rica “low”. According to Barclays, Aguilar’s departure could add uncertainty to the fiscal consolidation route. While (Aguilar) was in office, the government carried out the much-needed tax reform (…) In addition, she managed to present a fiscal budget for 2020 that complied […]
Treasury receives $350 million from the IDB loan
At the end of the previous week, the Ministry of Finance received $350 million from the loan signed between the government of Costa Rica and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This was reported by the Press department of the entity. These resources will support the execution of a program of policy reforms which, according to […]
Deputy Minister of Expenditure will replace Rocío Aguilar temporarily
The Deputy Minister of Expenditures of the Ministry of Finance, Rodolfo Cordero Vargas, will take over the Ministry of Finance while President Carlos Alvarado gets a replacement for former Minister Rocío Aguilar, who resigned this week. The Presidential House confirmed to CRHoy.com that the new chief was appointed by Alvarado on Thursday. Cordero Vargas has […]