From January 16th to 18th, president Luis Guillermo Solís will be in the UAE, where his primary objective is to achieve financial support to address the problem of water in areas affected by Hurricane Otto. This was made clear by the President on Tuesday afternoon, at the press conference after the Governing Council, noting that […]

The decision of the government of Donald Trump of removing several US ambassadors from their positions (including Fitzgerald Haney, based in Costa Rica) is something that the Executive prefers not to comment on. But they do regret having to say good bye. President Luis Guillermo Solís highlighted the virtues of the diplomat, who will leave […]

In a report released on Tuesday, the World Bank announced the growth forecast of the Costa Rican economy for 2017, placing it at 3.9%. This figure is lower than estimated by the Central Bank of Costa Rica in its macroeconomic program. The monetary authority expects it to be 4.1%. According to the World Bank, the […]

A lawyer was arrested on Tuesday morning, on suspicion of introducing drug in San Sebastián prison. According to David Delgado, from the Press Office of the Ministry of Justice, they confiscated 150 grams of drugs that the woman was carrying inside her body. The woman was inspected before visiting an inmate. Authorities are now studying […]

On Monday, the Border Police arrested a man suspected of being a human smuggler (coyote) in a border area of the canton of La Cruz, in Guanacaste. According to preliminary information, several agents were patrolling the area near Papaturro and caught three people who entered the country illegally. An adult woman, a 15-year old teenager […]

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) has set the protocol with which IVF is applied in the country. Fiorella Bagnarello, coordinator of IVF Commission in the Fund, explained how to operate these processes. The protocol included the arrival of new medicines and supplies to the country, which are in the process of registration. Seven […]