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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

There are 104,457 children between 15 months old and 10 years old who have not been vaccinated against the measles virus, one of the most contagious on the planet. From February 11th to March 31st, primary health care assistants – known as ATAPS – will arrive in the country’s schools in search of minors who […]

The increase in the general level of prices during the first month of 2019 was 0.05%, according to a report issued on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumer basket, 57% increased in price, 36% decreased in price and 7% did […]

Students from the School of Biology of the University of Costa Rica (UCR) identified 1,101 pieces of plastic in 30 fish analyzed in the Costa Rican Pacific. The plastic was found in the fish’s digestive tract. The students analyzed the species Opisthonema libertate, known as gallera sardine. These fish were chosen for the study because […]