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The Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA) announced that the cantons of Escazú, Alajuelita and Desamparados will suffer an interruption of the water service on Monday. The suspension will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., while performing interconnection work with 300 mm pipes on Bermúdez River. The areas to be affected in […]

A man smuggled a big kit with erectile dysfunction pills, contraceptives and various types of antibiotics from Nicaragua, but authorities caught him when traveling through Los Angeles de La Fortuna, in San Carlos. A motorcyclist named Vásquez was arrested on Saturday after the authorities found 400 units of these drugs in a bag while searching […]

According to the Chancellery of the Republic, the UAE will eliminate the visa requirement for all Costa Rican citizens. Prior to the visit of President Luis Guillermo Solís, Foreign Minister Manuel González held a bilateral meeting with his emirate counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in which he agreed to eliminate this requirement. In addition, […]

The deputy vice-president of the National University (UNA), Hernán Alvarado Ugarte, was removed from office on January 1st. Alvarado was reported to the Office of the Public Ethics at the University Comptroller for allegedly doing private consulting work with other entities while serving as full-time teacher at the institution, before being appointed as Vice-President. According […]

After confiscating a historical amount of crack stones, the national authorities remain vigilant against the vulnerability of young people in high-risk areas. In 2016, security authorities seized more than 210 thousand crack stones and they have a zero tolerance policy, especially because of the effects that this drug causes in people. One of the strongest […]

The Ministry of Health is analyzing the results of a study that proposes an increase in cigarette prices as a measure to raise more sales taxes and thus fighting smoking and deadly diseases associated to it. This research, conducted by the Institute for Clinical and Sanitary Effectiveness (IECS) in Argentina, found that smoking costs Costa […]