The Legislative Assembly elected 12 substitute magistrates for the Constitutional Chamber on Wednesday. In the second round, the following candidates proposed by the Judicial Branch were elected: Martha Esquivel: 39 votes. Anamari Garro Vargas: 42 votes. María Lucila Monge Pizarro: 40 votes. Ana María Picado Brenes: 39 votes. Hubert Fernández Argüello: 44 votes. Alejandro Delgado […]

An increasingly warm Arctic, where temperatures rise twice as fast as in the rest of the planet and with an ice that melts at an alarming rate are the new norm, warns a global scientific study published on Tuesday. In 2017, the winter ice around the North Pole suffered the largest reduction ever recorded, said […]

Bancrédito will come out of financial intermediation on December 31st, and the outlook is still obscure as to what will happen to the entity. The bill to transform it into a development bank is stuck in the Legislative Assembly and it seems difficult to move forward in a week and a half, since the legislators […]

Every week, and even every day, new information about the cement scandal emerges. The cementazo case is one of the most notorious cases of corruption in the history of Costa Rica. An investigation by CRHoy.com revealed possible irregularities, both in the process of banking procedures and in the entry of cement into the country. Sinocem […]

Neighbors of Manzanillo demanded the Government to remove the fuel from the ship that ran aground on said beach and take quicker actions to avoid environmental damage, which could affect not only this area but also Bocas del Toro in Panama due to the effect of the currents. The Panamanian ship Yicel ran aground on […]

Many people from Cartago were surprised to find dead fish in the pond of the Ruins of Cartago. When asked about this, Rafael Hernández, veterinarian of the Municipality of Cartago, said that an inspection was made in the pond and indicated that this type of fish are very resistant to low temperatures, so it is […]