José Alberto Alfaro, a Libertarian Congressman, presented a bill to stop police officers from covering the faces of detained suspects. There isn’t an applicable law. In some cases the identification is questionable but not in others, depending mainly on the political context and leaving aside the most important aspect: the victim’s protection,” said the legislator. […]
Costa Rica closed the doors to 13-year-old boy from Syria
Costa Rica denied a visa to a 13-year-old, Syrian boy, whose parents wants him out of their country. The decision was taken on August 4th by the Restricted Visas and Refuge Commission. The petition was presented last May by Costa Rican Ismael Alchiekh Badar, president of the Muslim Cultural Center Omar Mosque (Muslim community in […]
Japan believes Costa Rica is a good example of organic agriculture
According to Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, a Japanese specialist in agriculture, Costa Rica is a role model for Latin America, due to its progress on organic farming, as there are groups who participate in the entire commercial process. Yamaguchi came to Costa Rica to give lectures in a Latin American workshop on agricultural practices. The expert from the […]
One out of the two predicted scenarios for Zica is about to be a reality
In January, 2016 a 25-year-old person was the first Costa Rican with Zika virus. Since then, two scenarios are expected in the country: finishing the year with a 1,000 cases or with 60,000 cases. There is no doubt that we will reach and perhaps surpass the best of both scenarios but even if we do not […]
La Niña phenomenon might have less impact than expected
Although during the month of March it was announced that La Niña would impact the country during the second half of the year, it seems that it will not. Juan Diego Naranjo, a meteorologist from the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), said that La Niña has been slower than they anticipated 6 month ago, and now […]
Upset by transit ticket, a man ran over a pedestrian
A young man died on Saturday afternoon in Bernardo Soto route, near the bridge of Villa Bonita, after a Jeep vehicle ran him over. According to the reports from the Traffic Police, minutes before the accident, the driver of the Jeep was fined for transit infraction. Marcos Ramírez, one of the officers who attended the […]