President Luis Guillermo Solís said on Wednesday that he did not mention the Cementazo scandal in his accountability speech because “it was not necessary,” stating that it was explained in the document. There was no shortage of criticism from legislators and several sectors, so Presidential House responded this Thursday, assuring that what happened around the […]
Solís blames the people for not approving the Tax Reform
President Solís knows the non-approval of the tax reform during his administration is his responsibility as well as the previous group of legislators’, but he says the people are also responsible. The president will leave the Presidential House without the approval of the new taxes to alleviate the fiscal situation in Costa Rica, despite his […]
Costa Rican family found shade under one of the most toxic plants in the country
A quiet Sunday on Cabuyal Beach scared the life out of Carlos Agüero, his wife Maricruz Herrera, and their two and three-year old children. The residents of Belén, Heredia, found shade under a tree to rest throughout the day. The children were playing and manipulating the fruits of the tree that protected them from the […]
Unemployment grows after Solís
At the end of the government of President Luis Guillermo Solís employment indicators warn about a growth in unemployment. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), there is a statistically significant drop in the percentage of working-age employed population (51.8%), when compared with the same quarter of 2017. The male employment rate […]
Solís plays down Cementazo scandal in his last report
The last report of the work of President Luis Guillermo Solís is brief on the irregularities in the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) that lead to the $30 million credit lines to Juan Carlos Bolaños to import cement from China. He also failed to mention the involvement of officials from his administration in the Cementazo […]
Nature Air and Air Costa Rica got their operation certificates suspended
According to Enio Cubillo, director of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, the companies Nature Air and Air Costa Rica got their operation certificates indefinitely suspended. In the case of Nature Air, the company has not resumed flights despite being authorized to do so since last February, so its operation certificate was suspended on April […]