There is an immigration crisis in Costa Rica’s borders. However, a temporary solution has apparently be found. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 24 people expressed their interest in returning voluntarily to their country of origin. This is seen as an temporary solution to the problem the Government of Costa Rica is facing: […]
Planet Conservation goes hand in hand with the enviroment
Planet Conservation is a project that promotes organic agriculture and sustainable design practices through art activities and workshops. They are located at Pérez Zeledón but they work in several parts of the country. Mayra Mejía Fernández, social anthropologist and environmental manager, works there teaching and involving people in programs and campaigns for the environment. Interest […]
Costa Rica has the slowest internet speed in Latin America
Two studies that followed different methodologies came to a similar conclusion: the speed of mobile Internet in Costa Rica is slow compared to other less-developed nations. The Superintendency of Telecommunications (SUTEL) and English company Open Signal said it again: despite the good coverage there is in the country, the speeds are not the best, which affect […]
2 forest rangers will be in custody on suspicion of facilitating marijuana cultivation
2 forest rangers surnamed Morales and Beita will be in custody for the next 6 months on suspicion of facilitating marijuana cultivation to a drug-trafficking organization at La Amistad National Park. Along with them, 5 more people will be imprisoned: 3 men surnamed Vargas and 2 women surnamed Ortega and Montoya. All of them were arrested […]
More than 200 Cubans were returned to Panama
Costa Rica has been alert to the constant migration of Africans, Cubans and Haitians who want to enter the country illegally. According to government data, 150 people arrive in the country every day. The Ministry of the Interior and Police informed that just in August, the Department of Immigration has rejected the entry of 239 […]
Government budget for 2017 will be presented next week
Within a week, the Ministry of Finance will present to the Commission on Financial Affairs of the Legislative Assembly the budget 2017, which must be approved by 30 November. In recent weeks, President Luis Guillermo Solís and the director of the Public Force, Juan José Andrade asked the legislators to accelerate the approval of Companies […]