According to deputy minister of Public Security Bernandita Marín, about 78% of the national police stations are in bad or regular conditions. The official explained that the information was obtained after visiting each of the sites, but the number may have changed to date, because authorities have improved the conditions of some and some others […]

Costa Rica is an important sugar producer and exporter. In recent years, the country has established a series of trade restrictions to protect the domestic producer, but that does not mean that there is a direct preferential price for citizens. A kilo of sugar has an average cost of ¢ 640, which is not affected […]

Three people were arrested this weekend as suspects of robbery and attempted assault in the province of Guanacaste. One of them, a 22-year-old man named Méndez, was arrested in the Curime district of Liberia, after allegedly assaulting a minor to steal a cell phone. Méndez already had a record for fraud, drug possession and robbery. […]

The peak of respiratory infections that began to increase since October 30th already claimed 59 lives in the country. Most deaths occurred from December 18th to December 24th. In this period, 12 people died from complications resulting from the virus; one less death than the ones recorded in 2017. -37 of the 59 deaths had […]

A video captured by the cameras of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica (OVSICORI) shows Turrialba Volcano’s activity on Monday morning. The images recorded the activity from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Monday. During the eruption, the walls of the volcano and the magma broke in blocks that were expelled from 2:12 […]

The eight Costa Rican bishops of the eight dioceses of the country asked Pope Francisco to visit Costa Rica. The petition was made during a meeting held with the religious hierarch on Monday. Francisco will visit Panama in 2019, as part of the World Youth Day, so the bishops suggested he should escape to Costa […]