Crime hits foreign tourism once again. This time, the victim was a Canadian man. The events occurred at 7:55 pm on Sunday at the Ballena Bay of Uvita, in Osa de Puntarenas. According to police sources, the foreigner named Aaegaard was approached by two subjects who shot him in the right ankle to steal documents, […]
Costa Rican researcher turns plastic into gasoline and diesel
A little over four years ago, chemical engineer Germán Jiménez challenged himself to produce biodiesel from economic sources and after a couple of months of research he identified the process to transform plastic waste into alternative fuel, thanks to a university thesis in New Zealand. The investigations of his colleagues in alternative fuels made him […]
Ticos create sunscreen that protects coral reefs
A group of young people from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) created a natural sunscreen that protects marine life. In general, commercial sunscreens contain chemicals that cause coral bleaching, which causes their death. This also has a negative impact in marine ecosystems. Therefore, the university students presented the KapiScreen, a sunscreen free of chemicals […]
Liberia is the first city in Latin America to receive a prestigious flight
Liberia is the first Latin American city to receive a prestigious JetBlue flight with Mint service, a weekly connection for high season between Liberia and New York (JFK). The flight arrived at the International Airport Daniel Oduber Quirós and although this connection already existed, the flight modality is one of the new arrivals in Liberia, […]
CANATUR celebrated the approval of the National Tourism Day
The National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) celebrated the approval of the National Tourism Day Law on September 27th. The date matches the celebration of the World Tourism Day, which was established in commemoration of the approval of the Statutes of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), on September 27th, 1970. We are very pleased with the […]
Authorities deported foreigner accused of identity theft in Costa Rica
The Investigations, Analysis and Intelligence Department of the Professional Migration Police with the functional direction of the Office of the Prosecutor of San José, made the arrest of a Nicaraguan man named Medina for the crime of identity theft and ideological falsification in the surroundings of the Fuerza y Luz campus in Goicoechea. In 1999, […]