Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega has called for investigating possible corruption cases in the government, before hundreds of officials from her office who went on to the street on Monday to support her. Why is there no food and medicine? Are resources being used for different purposes? I do not know, I cannot say, but […]
Crocodile was mutilated and left to die in agony
On Monday morning, a man named Pérez found the mutilated body of a crocodile in a protected area in the North Zone. The man discovered the seemingly-adult animal without its tail in Golfito de Sarapiquí, inside the Mixed Wildlife Refuge Maquenque. Apparently the attack would have occurred recently, as the one-meter reptile was not yet […]
Authorities investigate Polish family asking for money in Liberia to return home
On Monday morning, the Public Force started to investigate a Polish family, who asked for money in the park of Liberia, Guanacaste, to return to their country. Daniel Calderón, director of the entity in the province, explained that they received information that the family was asking for financial help. When authorities approached them, they realized […]
Tourism infrastructure in national parks of the South will be renovated
The Regional Development Board of the Southern Zone (Judesur) gave the Corcovado Foundation more than ¢ 250 million to start the project “Improving the conditions of tourist visitation, employability and conservation of the Protected Wild Areas of the South Pacific”. This first disbursement will go to the first stage of the project in which the […]
Plastic waste in the sea will become more than that
About 80% of marine pollution is produced by plastic. In Costa Rica the reality is no different. According to the University of Costa Rica (UCR), plastic is the main solid waste found on beaches. The numbers show a problem and a Costa Rican former Consul has the solution: turning this plastic into thread so that […]
Zona Sur to support producers with technology plant
On Friday, the National Production Council (CNP) presented the progress in the project of the regional plant of added value technologies in the southern area. Carlos Monge, CNP’s executive president, explained that the idea of the project is to contribute to micro, small and medium producers in the cantons of Osa, Buenos Aires, Corredores, Golfito […]