Volcanoes Rincón de la Vieja, Poás and Turrialba have shown little activity in the last days as far as eruptions goes. However, on Sunday morning, the colossus of Guanacaste erupted again. According to the National Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI), Rincón de la Vieja erupted at about 6:40 a.m. The data provided in the report […]

The National Emergency Commission (CNE) issued a yellow alert for the South, Central and North Pacific. The measure was adopted after the forecast by the National Meteorological Institute (IMN) about the increase of rains as of October 24th. The authorities also defined a green alert for the Central Valley and the Northern Zone. The CNE […]

Emilia Navas, the new Attorney General, appointed after the suspension of Jorge Chavarria, shook thing up at the Public Ministry upon her arrival. Navas, who minutes after being appointed promised she would do “what must be done,” began her duties with a series of changes in the structure of the Office of the Prosecutor. With […]

Rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded the Bank of Costa Rica’s viability rating, just like Moody’s rating earlier this month. According to a report released on Thursday, the rating agency decided to lower the rating from “bb” to “bb-” on the international scale and simultaneously placed it in negative observation. The decline in the viability of […]

She worked for up to 17 hours a day, she could not talk to her family in Guatemala, she did not receive any payment, nor did she have established times for her food or a worker’s insurance. That was the ordeal of a Guatemalan woman, who would have been a victim of human trafficking for […]

The former Minister of the Presidency, Melvin Jiménez confessed -under oath- that former legislator of PAC, Víctor Morales Zapata was the one who got two meetings for Chinese cement importer Juan Carlos Bolaños in Presidential House. The second meeting was announced by CRHoy.com months ago, when it was revealed that Bolaños went to the office […]