Although America donated two 10 thousand million patrol boats to face drug trafficking in the sea, Costa Rican airspace is helpless against this threat. This happens because the country doesn’t have what it needs to attack any aircraft. Diario Extra asked president Solís what his opinion was regarding Costa Rica’s vulnerability to drug trafficking in […]
Doctors accuse the CCSS
Unión Médica Nacional (UMN) publicly accused Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) for not usig 427,000 million colones out of the 2015 budget aimed to patients’ health care. The information exposed by Edwin Solano, UMN’s president, reveals that although the institution has funds, waiting lists for surgery, outpatient and diagnostic procedures such as colonoscopy, gastroscopy, […]
African migrants stranded in Costa Rica
More than 100 Africans, including women, men and kids, are stranded in El Jobo community center, 26 kilometers west from La Cruz, near the northern border, hoping to go to Nicaraguan territory and continue to The United States. Africans want the Costa Rican government to help and treat them just as it did with Cuban […]
Dengue fever vaccine in Costa Rica
One or two months from now, the dengue fever vaccine will be available in Costa Rica, following the approval of the Ministry of Health. Roberto Arroba, national coordinator of immunization, confirmed the product met the necessary requirements to be sold in the country. Arroba is in charge of the operation and the remaining laboratory tests […]
Undesirable living among us
John Wasley Saatio, a dangerous sex offender, lived in Costa Rica for almost a year. According to Gladys Jiménez, chief of the Immigration Department, the convict admitted to crossing the border illegally. Reports from Immigration state that Saatio arrived in July, 2015 and he even worked in Jacó, where he was also arrested a few […]
Better conditions for immigrants
The Centro de Aprehensión para Extranjeros en Condición Migratoria Irregular (CATECI) located in Hatillo is not the best place for immigrants to stay. Its infrastructure is damaged, the kitchen is poor and there’s a serious risk of overcrowding. There are even 35 people, out of 105, that sleep on the floor simply because there is […]