The price of the dollar reached a new low in Monex wholesale market. At the end of the day it stood at ¢569.1, a value that had not been seen for almost a year. This means that on Wednesday, in this market, the dollar is ¢40 lower than at the beginning of the year. On […]

The effects of tropical wave number 24 made the National Emergency Commission (CNE) declare green and yellow alerts in various parts of the country. The green alert goes to the Central Valley and North Pacific; while the yellow one is for the North Zone, Caribbean, Central Pacific and South. Since last night we have been […]

If you have to buy gasoline this week, be prepared, because the increase has already come into effect. The good news is that the increase is not as significant and it will only be between one and three colones more. The increase corresponds to the update of the Single Tax according to Executive Decree No. […]

A group of researchers from the Costa Rican Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (Ovsicori) analyzes whether the degassing process in the lagoon of the Río Cuarto volcano has a magmatic origin. The 70-meter deep lagoon is a crater formed from a phreatomagmatic eruption as a result of the contact between magma and water. Its formation dates […]

A few hours after the agreement that ended the strike in health services, a citizen filed an amparo appeal because they feel this document violates the principles of legal reserve and creates an unjustified advantage in favor of the employees of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). The lawyer Yashín Castrillo, resorted to the […]

José Efraín López Mendoza, alias M1, and leader of one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in Costa Rica was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Escazú. The capture was carried out by officials of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) after surveillance by agents of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS). Lopez was wanted […]