President Carlos Alvarado, will travel to Panama on Friday and Saturday for an official visit, the Presidency of the Republic reported. Alvarado will meet with his Panamanian counterpart, Laurentino Cortizo, who assumed the power of that nation on July 1st. On Saturday, a meeting is scheduled with the representative of the High Commissioner for Human […]
Attention! Reduction in fuel prices will be effective as of Thursday
Starting at midnight, fuels will have new prices, after a reduction approved by the Regulatory Authority of Public Services (Aresep) at the request of the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (Recope). The changes represent a decrease of between 60 and 17 colones per liter in the different products distributed by the state company. The Chamber of […]
Dengue cases doubled in the country
Ticos let their guard down on the elimination of breeding grounds of the dengue-transmitting mosquito, so the cases doubled this year. According to the Ministry of Health, for August of last year 1,646 cases were reported and for this period the figure is 3,960 people affected, of which three were serious cases. The most affected […]
Fire continues to destroy the Amazon despite efforts to put it out
More than a thousand new fires were declared in the last hours in the Amazon, while the Brazilian army airplanes furrowed on Monday the large affected areas to placate the flames that mobilized the leaders of the G7 and keep the world on the tenterhooks. Porto Velho, the capital of the state of Rondonia (north), […]
Taitelbaum defense contradicts victim testimony and blames dead accountant
Ofelia Taitelbaum’s lawyer, Fabio Oconitrillo, insisted that it is a debate with political dyes. Oconitrillo also said that the proceedings before the Treasury were administered by an accountant named Vargas who died before the trial, so Taitelbaum was unaware of the efforts made. The legal representative also described the victim’s testimony as “not credible, or […]
Authorities investigate alleged incursion of Nicaraguan army in Costa Rica
The Costa Rican authorities investigate an alleged incursion of the Nicaraguan army into Costa Rican territory that would have ended with the death of a man from the neighboring country. According to the information handled by the Ministry of Public Security, the incident would have occurred on Monday at around 12:30 pm in the Pocosol […]