On Monday night, legislators approved the affirmative majority report from the Public Expenditure and Income Commission that sends the investigation to the Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding the fiscal hole of ¢900 billion. Only nine congressmen – all from the PAC – tried to avoid that end. The vote was given after four and a half […]
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Nicaraguan arrested for trying to extract gold
A Nicaraguan man was arrested on Monday while trying to extract gold from Crucitas, in the northern part of Costa Rica. According to the Border Police and the Public Force, the man surnamed Rodriguez was in a private estate doing mining work. The foreigner had a water extractor pump in order to extract mining material, […]
High waves alert in the Pacific
The Center for Research in Marine Sciences (CIMAR) reported on Monday that high waves are expected in some areas of the Pacific, due to storms in the ocean. The experts ask the population to be careful, due to the adverse conditions that can arise from strong currents of hangovers. Prevention for bathers by strong waves […]
Authorities rescued a small sea lion in Las Baulas Marine Park
Officials of the Las Baulas National Marine Park, together with local collaborators, rescued a sea lion within the park’s boundaries in the vicinity of Puntarenas on Sunday afternoon, reported the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC). Given its health conditions, we proceeded to capture it and coordinate with the authorities for his transfer and medical […]
Floods and landslides reported in Grecia and San Carlos
Heavy rains on Sunday night and Monday afternoon caused floods and small landslides in several areas of the country. According to the report of the National Emergency Commission (CNE), 16 incidents were reported, 10 of them due to flooding in communities such as Palmares, Grecia and the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). In San Carlos, it […]
US: There’s money laundering and drug trafficking around Hugo Chávez’s legacy to Maduro
Two investigators of IBI Consultants in Washington, through the National University of Defense of the Pentagon, in the United States, revealed a five-year investigation, where they establish a relationship between more $10 billion of the government that Hugo Chávez left to Nicolás Maduro with illicit activities such as money laundering, illegal mining and even drug […]