A Colombian man, naturalized Costa Rican, was arrested on Thursday afternoon on suspicion of operating a pension for prostituting women. The man, 55, had used a building near the Supreme Court of San José for several women to provide sexual services. In return, the subject apparently had a profit. As confirmed by the press office […]
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People do not want to live in Venezuela
Gabriel could not stand Venezuela any longer. Since 2010 he left his beloved Caracas to settle in Costa Rica. At that time, the political crisis was not what it is now. Hugo Chávez was alive and Nicolas Maduro was not president… he was not even close. However, the pressure of what was coming was enough […]
Nicaraguans tried to enter medicines through the northern border
Officers from the security Forces, located in the northern border, prevented 4,000 units of various medicines, introduced under unsanitary conditions from Nicaragua, from putting at risk the health of potential consumers on national territory. The seizure took place during a police patrol conducted on Route 1856, Juan Rafael Mora, better known as La Trocha. On […]
Solís: “Nicaragua has to pay for the enviromental damage”
Costa Rica’s President Luis Guillermo Solís declared that it was unacceptable that Nicaragua refuses to pay a 6-million-colón compensation for environmental damages as ordered by the International Court of (ICJ) . Costa Rica’s compensation includes damages caused by Nicaraguan agents, who broke pipes and cut down trees from forests located in Calero island (known by […]
Authorities discussed about the inclusion of technology in the education process
How to include technology in the education process? Can it effectively work? This was one of the topics discussed in the Initial and Continuing Teacher Training in the use of ICT (Information and communications technology) Forum. The activity included the participation of Colombian Martha Castellanos, an expert in the use of ICT for education, and […]
100 truck drivers carried out a peaceful demonstration outside Moín’s docks
The union of the National Association of Public and Private Employees (ANEP) announced that about 100 truck drivers carried out a peaceful demonstration outside Moín’s docks in Limón. As indicated by the labor union, officials from Japdeva keep blocking the docks entrance gates and this causes up-to-an-hour delays for the truck drivers. The truck drivers’ […]