President Carlos Alvarado assured that the meetings held with the different trade union groups on the subject of the fiscal reform have been very positive. However, he emphasized that this is a process. We are in a process of dialogue and I see a positive process because that dialogue has been sustained and we have […]
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Authorities found 11 horses before they were slaughtered for human consumption
The Border Police of the Ministry of Security confiscated 11 horses, which apparently were unhealthy and intended for human consumption. The animals were found in a patrol in the town of Las Delicias, canton of Los Chiles, about two kilometers from Mojón No. 7. In that place, the smugglers who were introducing them to the […]
Government promises new hospital in Puntarenas by 2021
The president of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), Fernando Llorca, assured there are five bidders formally constituted to build the new hospital in Puntarenas. If they present turnkey projects and there are no appeals, the award would be given in the next few months. The hierarch hopes the Hospital to be built by […]
Ferry to El Salvador will start operating in August, according to the Government
More than two and a half years after it was announced, the ferry service between Puerto Caldera in Costa Rica and El Salvador will finally start operations, according to the promise by President Carlos Alvarado, after his predecessor Luis Guillermo Solís failed to comply with all the deadlines and offers made in this regard. Alvarado […]
How will Costa Rica turn plastic into roads?
A new project takes Costa Rica to the forefront in environmental matters again. The plastic bottles, those that regularly end up in the dumpster of your house, will be one of the components of the asphalt mix to be placed on the roads. Although the University of Costa Rica (UCR) has been investigated this possibility […]
Court ruling prevents revision of 100 thousand criminal sentences
On Tuesday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Costa Rica in the Amrhein case, raised in 2014 by 17 convicted people, who claimed a violation of their rights. Among them, there were five people sentenced for the Anglo Costa Rican Bank case: former directors Manfred Amrhein, Rónald Fernández Pinto, Carlos Osborne […]