On Tuesday, the Deputy Prosecutor of Pococí said the Criminal Court of Finance and Public Function imposed precautionary measures against the mayor Gerardo Fuentes and the Municipal President of Guácimo , Manrique Mejías Quirós. The accused must sign once a month, have no contact with the witnesses of the case and will be suspended from […]

The Citizen Action Party (PAC) will keep pushing the idea that the best thing for society is that each person can register one weapon and not three as approved on Monday through a motion to bill 20,509. They’ll present revision motions in the Security and Drug Trafficking Commission in order to return the original proposal […]

Ratings agency Fitch Ratings downgraded Costa Rica from ‘BB’ to ‘B+’ on Tuesday and assigned it “a negative outlook”. This is the third rating agency that downgrades Costa Rica. Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s did it too. The reduction, according to the agency, reflects a persistent fiscal deficit and short-term financing needs due to a […]

The Executive Power announced on Tuesday that it is not aware that in the country there is a network of clandestine shelters that provide refuge for Nicaraguans fleeing the crisis in their country due to the repression of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo. This was stated by the Minister of Public Security, Michael […]

An unusual event occurred on Tuesday: 14 calves and 2 bulls escaped from the site they were in and walked through downtown San Ramón. According to the report of the Fire Department, one of the animals even went to a private clinic in the neighborhood of Belén. Other animals walked through the hospital area of […]

A delegation from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned national legislators that if a bill comes to be voted negatively, it implies six months of delay in the organization. This was said by Gabriela Ramos, director of the OECD, in the Legislative Assembly, where legislators and ministers participated in the Special Commission […]