For the second time in a week, authorities seized a large amount of timber that had been illegally cut in Talamanca. The first case occurred in Bonifé in Talamanca, Limón, where several border officers located, an improvised sawmill and a man -who was later arrested- on the banks of the Sixaola River. In that place, […]
A drug-trafficking family was caught in Coto Brus
Officials from the Drug Control Police (PCD), dismantled a drug-trafficking family operating in San Vito de Coto Brus, in the Southern Zone of the country. Apparently , the group was led by a 31-year-old woman named Concepción, who had the support of several men, including a brother and a subject surnamed Chaves, who were murdered […]
Is Donald Trump’s decree of temporarily curbing the arrival of people from seven Muslim-majority countries legal?
President Donald Trump’s decree to temporarily curb the arrival of refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries has been the most controversial moment of his newly inaugurated mandate. The decision provoked an international scandal, especially after more than 100 immigrants and refugees, including several with permanent residence permits in the United States, were detained at […]
CONAVI: “there won’t be bottlenecks when we finish the expansion works”
General Cañas Highway will undergo several changes with San José-San Ramón road expansion project. Law 9292, published in March 2015 in La Gaceta, establishes some aspects that should be included in the expantion, such as 3 lanes per direction between La Sabana and Monumento del Agua. In addition, the road must have 4 lanes per […]
A new month starts with rains and a lot of wind
It is a new month and although it is usually dry conditions, this time there will be a lot of wind and scattered rains in some areas. Particularly for February 1st, windy conditions on the national territory were anticipated, which will continue to be felt in the North Pacific, Central Valley and the country’s mountain […]
Trump’s wall and Mexican patriotism
The nationalism with which Donald Trump wants to build a new border wall has fueled patriotic engines in Mexico, there are government calls for “national unity” and social networking initiatives to boycott American products and raise three-color flags as profile pictures. Under hashtags #TodosSomosMéxico or #MiPaísEsMejorPorque, senior officials, artists and netizens promoted on Twitter a Mexican […]