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Costa Rica criticizes Nicaragua’s “fairy tales” in the border dispute

July 3, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Costa Rica condemned the “unrealistic” and “fairy tale” claims of Nicaragua in the border dispute between the two countries to be heard by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The ICJ ruled in 2015 regarding the small border territory known as Isla Calera (Harbor Head in Nicaragua), recognizing that it belongs to […]

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Men should closely follow their private parts’ health

July 3, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Self-examination is thought of as something limited to women. However, the truth is that men should be alert to palpable changes in their private parts. Testicular cancer is the most common disease in men between 20 and 40 years old. It is also the second most common disease among the population between 15 and 20 […]

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Italian man hid marijuana in works of art

July 3, 2017 by Staff News Writer

An Italian tourist was surprised at the Juan Santamaria airport with paint impregnated with marijuana. The Drug Control Police officers (PCD) arrested the foreigner who came from Oaxaca, Mexico, and headed for Montezuma, Puntarenas. The foreigner is surnamed Smaniotto, 41, and carried two wooden boxes in a suitcase whit the the drug. The paintings were […]

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Police operations continue in the Caribbean

July 3, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The national authorities continue with different operations in the national Caribbean. According to the Public Force, in the last hours actions were taken on different roads and bars in the province of Limón. For example, the Public Force arrested two men with modified firearms in Guácimo and two other subjects carrying daggers and one firearm. […]

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Twelve years in prison for kidnapping a baby

July 3, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Thanks to hard evidence presented by the Prosecutor’s Office of Quepos and Parrita, Santos Martínez Gutiérrez, a Nicaraguan national, must serve a 12-year prison sentence, after being found guilty of the offense of aggravated abduction of a minor. The sentence was issued by the Criminal Court of the area on Monday morning. The charges brought […]

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Traffic lights damaged by ICE fire were finally restored

July 3, 2017 by Staff News Writer

On Monday, the works on traffic lights were completed and the system was restored on the wide street of Las Gravilias in Desamparados (near La Yogi). It should be mentioned that this service was the only one completely damaged after the fire that occurred last week at the ICE Substation in Desamparados. To repair it, […]

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