NASA satellites would play a key role in the prevention, detection and treatment of diseases related to climate change. This is a subject of study for the experts of Division of Earth Science of NASA, which was discussed at the National Medical Congress. On this specific topic, the Costa Rican engineer Sandra Kauffman, deputy director […]
Accumulated inflation reached 1.93% in October
The accumulated inflation between January and October this year amounted to 1.93% , according to the variation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), calculated by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). Of the 315 goods and services that make up the consumer basket, 45% increased in price, 38% decreased in price and 17% […]
New BCR manager linked to cementazo
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Costa Rica appointed as interim general manager Eduardo Ramírez, a lawyer linked to the cementazo. This was denounced by legislator Patricia Mora , from Frente Amplio, during an intervention in the Legislative Plenary. According to the lawmaker, Ramírez, who at the time was legal director of the […]
Deaths rise due to electoral violence in Nicaragua
The number of deaths caused by violence after the elections in Nicaragua increased to seven, with the death of two demonstrators in Bilwi, in the Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic (RAAN), according to political sources and NGOs. Two young men, whose identity was not specified, followers of the Yatama indigenous party, died during clashes […]
BCR appoints Eduardo Ramírez as acting general manager
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) appointed Eduardo Ramírez Castro as interim general manager and Jorge Alvarado Campos and Álvaro Vindas Garita as interim assistant managers of this institution. The appointment is effective as of Monday and will continue as long as the precautionary measures imposed by the Public Prosecutor’s […]
Woman was arrested when trying to flee Costa Rican justice
A Costa Rican woman named Ovares Navarro was arrested by the immigration authorities when she was trying to leave the country. She tried to leave Costa Rican soil by the Peñas Blancas border, despite having an arrest warrant against her. As reported by the Directorate of Migration and Immigration, through the Press Office, the control […]