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Interpol arrested Russian citizen in Jacó Beach

February 7, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Igor Grigorenko, a 44-year-old Russian, was arrested by Interpol officers in Jacó beach, Garabito. The man has come to Costa Rica dozens of times, according to the Immigration and Aliens Directorate. The foreigner had an international arrest warrant for the alleged crime of fraud. So far the authorities don’t know how the crimes were committed. […]

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Legislators will present a project for heterosexual-only marriage

February 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

A group of legislators pledged to work on the proposal by the Citizen Proposal Management to make a constitutional amendment to Article 52 so that marriage is only between a man and a woman. With the reform it would read as follows: Marriage is the union of a man and a woman, it rests on […]

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CNP and RECOPE revive plan to partner for ethanol production

February 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Four years after the idea was put away, the National Production Council (CNP) and the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (RECOPE) revived the plan of partnering for the production and use of ethanol in fuel mixtures. In a letter addressed to the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic last month, the Refiner consulted on […]

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Central Bank defends Eurobonds in the midst of doubts

February 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

In the midst of the fiscal crisis, domestic debt and high interest rates offered by domestic investors, the government asks legislators to approve the placement of bonds for $6 billion abroad. This is known as Eurobonds. According to the government, its objective is to obtain better loan conditions than those offered in the country to […]

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Every three days, a child is diagnosed with cancer

February 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Preventing cancer can save lives! This is the message of the Association Fight Against Childhood Cancer (ALCCI), within the framework of the Golden Month, whose objective is to detect the disease in minors as soon as possible. It is estimated that every year, 170 minors are diagnosed with some type of cancer, the most frequent […]

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Pilot survives plane crash in Sarapiquí

February 6, 2019 by Staff News Writer

A fumigation plane crashed on Wednesday morning in Old Port of Sarapiquí. The alert about this accident came in at 7:38 a.m. According to the Red Cross Communications Center, the pilot of the aircraft was reported as stable. Firefighting units went to the site to rule out fuel and chemical spills. At the moment the […]

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