Ligia Fallas, a member of Frente Amplio (FA), used her social networks to attack former President Laura Chinchilla and the former president and former secretary of the OAS, Miguel Angel Rodríguez, for visiting Venezuela. Both former rulers traveled to that country to witness the symbolic consultation called by the opposition alliance to ask the people […]
Blow to drug traffickers with tentacles throughout San José
In an investigation carried out on Tuesday in different parts of San José, agents of the Police of Control of Drugs (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security seized large amounts of drugs, firearms, ammunition and vehicles from members of a criminal structure that was already dismantled. In the police action, Drug Control officials seized: […]
Heavy rains wreak havoc in different parts of the country
On Monday afternoon, heavy rains affected different parts of the country, but mainly the Central Valley and North Zone. In fact, at 3 p.m. the IMN’s electric shock sensor had 67 lightning strikes in the Greater Metropolitan Area. According to the Communications Department of the Fire Department, there were floods in the sector of Grecia […]
Unions propose salary readjustment of 3% for second semester
On Monday, the Unified Union and Costarican Social Unity Block (Bussco) handed to Juan Alfaro, deputy minister of Labor and Social Security, a proposal that includes a new salary readjustment formula for the public sector, corresponding to the second half of 2017. The proposal aims to eliminate the lag in the current methodology and includes […]
Undesirable foreigners will stay in the country
A total of five foreigners qualified as “undesirable” by the national authorities will remain in the country, despite the directive of the Minister of Security Gustavo Mata to expel foreigners who represent a risk to Costa Rican security. Three of them will remain on national soil as they have acquired the Costa Rican citizenship, while […]
Costa Rican narcs imitate model of Mexican cartels
What was predictable in 2010, today is a reality: we are totally immersed in organized crime, we are part of it.” These remarks by Attorney General of the Republic, Jorge Chavarría, explain the situation of the country: only in the first 59 days of the year, there have been 91 registered homicides. One of the […]