Some 45 women were killed so far this year, according to the Observatory of Gender Violence against Women of the Judiciary, after the recent case in La Fortuna de San Carlos. About 16 of those women died due to femicide. A crime of this kind occurs when the woman’s partner or spouse is the perpetrator […]

From 7a.m. on Wednesday, the National Institute of Insurance (INS) platforms were enabled to consult the amount that must be paid for the 2018 circulation permit. To know the amount, which must be canceled before December 31st, you must visit any of the Institute’s websites. If you use a computer, visit www.ins-cr.com , and if […]

The smell of burnt plastic in the cabin of an airplane bound for El Salvador forced the pilot to return to the Juan Santamaría airport on Wednesay morning. Enio Cubillo, director of Civil Aviation, explained that Lacsa’s 626 plane left minutes before 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, with 63 passengers on board. However, the pilot made […]

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Costa Rica and South Korea will be signed on December 9th in Buenos Aires, Argentina, prior to the start of the Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization, which will run from December 10th to 13th. This was confirmed by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Alexander Mora, who […]

President Luis Guillermo Solís will remain incapacitated until November 10th. Although initially Solís had indicated that his surgery was minor and that he would be back in the office within two weeks, the doctors decided to extend this period. This was announced by the Minister of Communication, Mauricio Herrera. According to Herrera, the extension of […]

The methodologies and teaching techniques used in Costa Rica have not changed for a long time and this is reflected in a recent report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). According to the document, only 64 of 125 countries have managed to get at least 50% of their young people to […]