Legislators ruled on a proposal in the Agricultural Affairs Committee, which seeks to give more legal powers to the Coffee Institute of Costa Rica (Icafé) which would be the exclusive manager to issue certificates of origin and quality of coffee for export. This is part of project 21.163, which also requires the producer and beneficiary […]

This Thursday Catalina Crespo was officially sworn in as the new Ombudsman in Costa Rica, for a period of four years. Crespo, 44, is a psychologist by profession. She graduated in 2000 from the Autonomous University of Monterrey in Costa Rica. Years later, and thanks to a Fulbright Scholarship, she obtained a Master’s Degree in […]

An Italian man died on Wednesday night after being wounded with a knife while he was in La Sabana Park. According to the police report, Fuerza Publica officers found the man with stab wounds to his chest and abdomen. Red Cross officials took him to San Juan de Dios Hospital where he was pronounced dead […]

Chavarría Matarrita, Mayor of Puntarenas, was suspended for a period of at least six months and without salary. This was determined by the Criminal Court of Puntarenas, following the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office, which requested the suspension of Chavarría as a precautionary measure while he is being investigated as a suspect of the crimes […]

Next year will bring road changes for the sector of San Pedro de Montes de Oca and its surroundings. The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (Mopt) and the National Road Council (Conavi) ordered the demarcation of an exclusive lane (in both directions) for buses that go from La Hispanidad roundabout to Muñoz & Nanne. […]

Costa Rican economy will slow down at the end of 2018 reaching a growth of 2.6% , according to a report by a mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that visited the country and attributed this shock to the effects of the crisis in Nicaragua as well as the union strike, among other factors. […]