On Saturday, a young German tourist who was on a diving expedition in Isla del Coco nearly became the prey of a tiger shark. The foreigner’s good judgement allowed him to escape just as the shark was about to strike. According to a source who participated in the expedition and who witnessed the events, when […]
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PUSC has new faces in the presidency and general secretariat
Rosibel Ramos, outgoing legislator of the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC), was designated as the new general secretary of that political group. During the national assembly developed this Sunday, Ramos obtained 69 of 70 votes to occupy the position of Pablo Heriberto Abarca (legislator-elect). Randall Quirós was appointed as the new party president. This, instead […]
Police operations closed three bars and got 120 people under investigation
Several inter-institutional operations that were carried out in San José Centro during the weekend in Avenidas 4, 6 and 8. As a result, six bars were inspected, three were closed down, 25 foreigners were interrogated, 15 migratory notifications were issued, and seven passports were confiscated. In addition, authorities confiscated two motorcycles, and got 120 people […]
Earthquake sequence in the South Zone
A local fault would be behind a series of earthquakes reported in the northern part of San Isidro de El General, in Pérez Zeledón. From April 17th to April 27th the National Seismological Network (RSN) reported five earthquakes of moderate intensity that have been perceived in that area. The most notorious occurred on Friday at […]
Fire that killed two children started on the edge of their beds
Experts from the Fire Department are currently conducting an inspection in the apartment where two children were burnt to death last night in San Francisco de Dos Ríos. Although the cause of the fire is still unknown, it was possible to determine that the flames started on the edge of the bed where the children […]
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo accused of student massacre
The executive secretary of the Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights (ANPDH), Álvaro Leiva Sánchez, filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday morning due to the death of protesters in recent days by the hands of regular and paramilitary forces of the Government. The accusation is against the president and vice-president appointed by the […]