A quiet Sunday on Cabuyal Beach scared the life out of Carlos Agüero, his wife Maricruz Herrera, and their two and three-year old children. The residents of Belén, Heredia, found shade under a tree to rest throughout the day. The children were playing and manipulating the fruits of the tree that protected them from the […]
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Unemployment grows after Solís
At the end of the government of President Luis Guillermo Solís employment indicators warn about a growth in unemployment. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), there is a statistically significant drop in the percentage of working-age employed population (51.8%), when compared with the same quarter of 2017. The male employment rate […]
Solís plays down Cementazo scandal in his last report
The last report of the work of President Luis Guillermo Solís is brief on the irregularities in the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) that lead to the $30 million credit lines to Juan Carlos Bolaños to import cement from China. He also failed to mention the involvement of officials from his administration in the Cementazo […]
Nature Air and Air Costa Rica got their operation certificates suspended
According to Enio Cubillo, director of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, the companies Nature Air and Air Costa Rica got their operation certificates indefinitely suspended. In the case of Nature Air, the company has not resumed flights despite being authorized to do so since last February, so its operation certificate was suspended on April […]
Chancellery: Costa Rica would not be sanctioned if abortion norm is not approved
For nearly three years, Costa Rica has been committed to develop a technical standard for the regularization of therapeutic abortion, an action that has been regulated for 50 years in the Criminal Code but does not currently have a regulation that rigorously dictates the steps to follow when it’s strictly necessary. The draft of the […]
Mayor tried to ban religious activities in Palmares park
Hugo Rodríguez, mayor of Palmares, banned religious events in the central park of the canton. However, two days later he had to backtrack and suspend the order. The Municipality has amde the decision not to authorize religious events of any kind in the Simón Ruiz Park facilities,” stated Rodríguez in a document sent to Palmares’ […]