Although the Juan Santamaria airport works normally, some airlines decided to cancel the flights for safety issues due to the ash emanating from Turrialba volcano. Silvia Cháves, a spokeswoman for Aeris, confirmed that at least 18 flights were suspended on Wednesday and they suspended 11 more on Thursday, all of which were headed to North […]

For the second time in a week, legislators could not meet in session for lack of quorum. Thursday’s session could not be completed because there were only 37 lawmakers present, while the minimum required is 38. The president of the Legislative Assembly, Antonio Álvarez, pointed out that eight legislators have permits and 4 have disabilities. […]

It would seem that Turrialba Volcano does not sleep, since it is constantly emanating ash. Far from reducing the rhythm of emissions, it keeps forming columns that reach almost a thousand meters above the crater. Javier Pacheco, an expert from the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI), said that there have been no […]

According to Yolanda Matamoros, director of the Simón Bolívar Foundation (FUNDAZOO), the number of visits to Simón Bolívar Zoo dropped almost 50% in the last four months. Matamoros blamed the national press for scaring people, after showing citizen complaints regarding the health of Kivú the lion. All these things that come out in the press, […]

President Luis Guillermo Solís will not interfere whether the trip of a group of Costa Rican legislators to Nicaragua is convenient or not. Solís said that the Foreign Ministry already expressed an opinion regarding the issue and that he, from the executive branch, cannot interfere in the decisions made in the Legislative Assembly. The executive […]