The Costa Rican Embassy in Washington DC, USA, rushed to correct a serious mistake in the references they give on the website about the Costa Rican national hero Juan Santamaría. The page indicated that the man from Alajuela had gone down in history for putting out a fire in the inn of Rivas, Nicaragua. Juan […]

In April, the fiscal deficit (government revenue minus expenses) represented 1.7% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country, according to the Ministry of Finance. Tax revenues for the fourth month of the year show a growth slightly lower than the previous period. The change rate accumulated to April 2017 is 7.2%, while in […]

The United States authorities denied permission to the Dresden Symphony Orchestra to perform a protest concert on US soil that was intended to be played on both sides of the Mexican border on June 3rd. Now, instead, the free concert will be held on June 3rd, exclusively on the Mexican side,” said the orchestra in […]

No more hunger, no more insecurity, no more repression” : with this motto the Venezuelan opposition returned to challenge the government of Nicolás Maduro in the streets of Caracas, after 52 days of protests, 49 dead and semi-militarized cities. A spate of tear gas prevented Venezuelan Medical Federation (FMV) opponents and members of the Venezuelan […]

Three homes were flooded on Monday afternoon due to the collapse of sewers by heavy rains in Turrialba’s La Suiza. Steven Pérez, Superintendent of the Fire Department, reported that there were no people affected and that he coordinated with the Municipality of the area to assist the occupants of the houses. The flood also affected […]

Otto Guevara, legislator from the Libertarian Movement said on Monday that the bill to extinguish dominion, which would allow removing assets from the drug trade, contains “serious defects”, so he presented more than 100 motions against it. The legislator pointed out that the initiative violates the constitutional principle of innocence, invalidates the burden of proof, […]