There are more than 10,500 kilometers between Costa Rica and Cameroon. However, that does not prevent some citizens of the African country from coming here and part-take in drug consumption and other illicit activities. On Tuesday, a Cameroonian named Silver was found consuming drugs between Avenidas 5 and 7 on Calle 12 in San José. […]
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Congress condemns police attacks on civilians in Nicaragua
On Wednesday, the Congress condemned the police and military attacks of Daniel Ortega’s government against its citizens in Nicaragua. A total of 36 lesgislators approved a motion in that regard. The legislators Ottón Solís, Marvin Atencio and Marco Vinicio Redondo, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), as well as Ligia Fallas, from Frente Amplio, voted […]
Restoration will not vote for PAC in the Congress
The future legislative fraction of the National Restoration Party (PRN) announced on Wednesday that it will not vote for the Citizen Action Party (PAC) in the elections for the Presidency of Congress on May 1st, although it will support a shared Legislative Directorate. For the PRN, there is a clear mandate from Costa Ricans who […]
Eight-year-old Swiss boy drowned in La Fortuna
An 8-year-old Swiss boy died on Wednesday afternoon in La Fortuna Waterfall in San Carlos de Alajuela. The information was confirmed by the Costa Rican Red Cross (CRC). The body of the child appeared 30 meters downstream from where he disappeared. The family accompanying the child reported at 1:30 p.m. that they did not know […]
Thousands demonstrated against the tax reform
With a massive demonstration, thousands of workers joined to protest this Wednesday against the tax reform in San José. The block of national unions joined efforts and called for a protest that extended from the Church of La Merced to the Legislative Assembly. Albino Vargas, secretary general of the National Association of Public and Private […]
There is a strike on Second Avenue today
There is a strike scheduled for today on Second Avenue, as a protest against the Law for Strengthening Public Finances. The demonstration will begin at 10:00 a.m. at La Merced Park and take the Second Avenue to the Legislative Assembly. Albino Vargas, general secretary of the National Association of Public Employees (ANEP), said that the […]