Juan Carlos Mendoza and María Fullmen Salazar resigned on Tuesday. Mendoza had served as Minister of Communication since the beginning of this administration and Salazar was in charge of the Ministry of Human Development and Social Inclusion. Mendoza will now be replaced by Nancy Marín, who until today served as Deputy Minister of Social Dialogue. […]
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Government finally has a new chancellor!
After eight months of being subjected to constant wear and tear by illegal appointments and accusations of political patronage at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs-which led to the resignation of Epsy Campbell on December 11th-, the government finally presented a new chancellor. After the session of the Government Council on Tuesday, President Carlos Alvarado presented […]
San José will fight street harassment
San José will fight against street harassment. This was announced by the Municipality to present a campaign that consists of messages recorded on video, in which men are urged not to make “compliments”, whistle or give harassing looks towards women in public spaces and streets. In fact, only in November the Public Force arrested more […]
2018 inflation was within Central Bank’s target range
The inflation estimated by means of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) got to the end of 2018 at 2.03%, a figure that is within the target range established by the Central Bank, between 2% and 4%. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), the variation of the general price level […]
Authorities found the body of missing tourist guide in Gandoca
On Tuesday morning, the body of a missing tour guide was found. The man had disappeared on January 4th in the so-called Laguna de Gandoca in Manzanillo, in the South Caribbean. Officers of the National Coastguard Service located the body a mile and a half from where the disappearance had been reported. The incident occurred […]
Trump: The situation on the US border with Mexico is a growing crisis
On Tuesday, in a solemn intervention from the Oval Office of the White House, American president Donald Trump denounced that there is a growing crisis in the border between the United States and Mexico. There is a growing humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border,” said Trump, who, in the same speech, asked $ […]