This Tuesday, the former Executive Secretary of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Cristiana Figueres, was awarded with the Pax Natura Prize. The Board of Directors of the Pax Natura Foundation, based in Utah, United States, awarded her this year’s prize for having assumed responsibility for the negotiation on climate change after the frustrated […]
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Canadian man found dead in hotel in Guanacaste
On Tuesday, a foreigner who was visiting the country died at a hotel in the sector 27 de Abril in La Cruz, Guanacaste. According to the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), the man was identified as Christopher Jonhson Richard, a 60-year-old Canadian. Apparently he fell down the stairs and hit his head. It seems this was […]
Chancellor traveled to Canada for emergency meeting about Venezuela
On Monday, Chancellor Manuel Ventura traveled to Ottawa, Canada for a Lima Group meeting to discuss the crisis in Venezuela. With his counterparts from Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay and Saint Lucia, the Costa Rican minister will discuss the steps to follow to support Juan Guaidó, that nation’s interim president. […]
Authorities caught “narcats” that carried drugs to inmates
On Sunday, the Penitentiary Police caught two cats who were trying to get drugs inside the Institutional Care Centers (CAI) Jorge Arturo Montero (Reforma) and Nelson Mandela (Pococí). Both events happened in the afternoon hours. According to the report of the authorities, the felines were seen entering the center so the police immediately addressed the […]
What will happen with Costa Rican economy this 2019?
Higher economic growth (3.2%) and sustained inflation figures (between 2% and 4%) are two of the Central Bank’s forecasts for the Costa Rican economy during 2019. Rodrigo Cubero, president of this entity, spoke during the show Enfoques on the possible economic scenarios for Costa Rica this year. The priority goal for the Central Bank is […]
January had 20 fewer homicides compared to 2018
The first month of this year had a downward trend in the number of homicides with a total of 20 fewer cases compared to the same period of 2018. According to data from the Ministry of Public Security (MSP), in the first 31 days of 2019 the responsible authorities handled 39 murders, while during the […]