The Spanish National Police reported on the arrest of a Costa Rican with a Canadian passport in Austria. The subject is allegedly responsible for the shipment of six tons of cocaine hidden in a banana container in October 2018. The fruit was seized at a dock in Malaga in southern Spain, and it was confirmed […]
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Ticos dressed in white to march for Democracy
A group of citizens met in San José for the “United for Costa Rica-Yes to Democracy” demonstration. They were wearing white clothes and waving flags and posters. The activity began at 11:00 am this Sunday, when the protesters left La Merced Park in the direction of Parque de La Democracia. They sang the National Anthem […]
Earthquake with epicenter in Guanacaste had a 5.5 magnitude
A medium-intensity earthquake was felt on Sunday night, with an epicenter in the Pacific area of the country. According to the National Seismological Network, the tremor had a 5.5 magnitude with a depth of 57 kilometers, and its epicenter was 31 kilometers south of the Guanacaste Cross. The Vulcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica […]
Civil Aviation blames previous governments for air downgrade
Guillermo Hoppe, General Director of Civil Aviation (DGAC), gave accountability statements in front of the Tourism Commission of the Legislative Assembly about the lower air category granted by the Federal Aviation Agency of the United States. Hoppe blames airborne de-categorization for nine years of regulatory delays. After an audit conducted between October and February, Costa […]
Sahara dust will reduce rainfall
A cloud of dust from the Sahara desert entered the country on Thursday, which will bring a decrease in rain, according to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN). According to IMN meteorologist Eladio Solano, the current state of weather is being affected by the dust of the Sahara directly in the cloudiness; for which the rains […]
President: “Government has not waived Public Employment Plan”
Despite the fact that the draft Public Employment Law has taken a back seat in recent weeks in Congress and that unions demand its withdrawal from the legislative current, Carlos Alvarado announced on Thursday that his administration will not renounce the approval of this plan. Alvarado said that the project processed under file 21.336 that […]