A Colombian businessman, identified with the surnames Racines Arroyo, aka “El ingeniero” (The engineer), and designated by the United States Drug Control Administration (DEA) as a powerful drug trafficker, will spend six months in pretrial arrest. He was arrested along with seven others, who will also be six months in prison, according to a resolution […]
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Foreigners with criminals records should not be naturalized, according to the OIJ
Foreigners convicted for crimes such as homicide, human trafficking, child pornography or terrorism have no problems to start the naturalization process and obtain Costa Rican citizenship. Therefore, the director of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), Wálter Espinoza, said that the legislation must change, since criminals only have to get married and complete the process. The […]
Country exceeds 500 homicides
The country has already exceeded 500 homicides so far this year, after four violent deaths were reported during the last couple of days. The cases occurred in Limón, Hatillo, Barranca and Sarapiquí. There different victims received bullet impacts and died. The statistical data of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) indicate that to date 502 homicides […]
Government will rush legislators with a plan to regulate transport platforms
The Executive Power will convene the bill to regulate the technological platforms for transporting people, such as Uber and the recent company that started operations in the country, DiDi. This Tuesday, the Minister of the Presidency, Víctor Morales, said that DiDi is urgently necessary for this plan and will therefore be summoned to the extraordinary […]
Businesses increase intention of expanding payrolls
The expectations of entrepreneurs to increase their payroll by the end of the year improved slightly compared to the third quarter of the year. The respite is still tenuous and the projections are still lower than a year ago, but at least it breaks the declining trend and represents an improvement. Thus, while for the […]
Country has the best survival rate to cervical cancer
Costa Rica is the country with the highest survival rate after the detection of cervical cancer. According to the report of the American Cancer Society, 78% of women survive in the country, followed by South Korea with 77%, China with 68%, and Canada, Estonia, Israel and Italy with 67%. The authorities of the Costa Rican […]