The second electoral round will use the same electoral register from February 4th. However, on April 1st there will 2,161 fewer voters. That is the number of deaths that have occurred since February 4th, according to the report by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Just over 3,322,000 people were registered for the elections in 2018; however, […]
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40 WTO members question US steel tax
This week, more than 40 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), including the 28 members of the European Union, voiced their concern about taking unilateral measures that could jeopardize the stability of the multilateral trading system, including the Presidential proclamation on steel imports in the United States. This proclamation imposed an ad valorem tariff […]
Maduro paid up to $4 billion to Odebrecht
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered extraordinary payments of up to 4,000 million dollars for Odebrecht works in 2013 in response to contributions from the Brazilian construction company to its electoral campaign, the newspaper Estadao reported on Sunday. The information comes from reports and documents in the corruption investigation around Odebrecht, which involves several countries in […]
Nearly 500 solar panels will power mall food court
Nearly 500 high-tech solar panels will generate about 40% savings in energy consumption in the food area of the mixed-use building in Avenida Escazú, west of the capital. The solar panels cover an area of 1,056 square meters and were installed by the company Sunshine Energía Solar. The project, whose investment amounts to more than […]
Industry grows less than in 2017
The Monthly Index of Economic Activity presented an inter-annual variation of 3.56% in January, representing the fifth consecutive month of accelerated variation, but still lower than the one observed a year before (3.74%). When observing the contributions of the activities to this variation, the manufacturing industry contributes 22%, while the service sector as a whole […]
Bomb threat in San José Palacio Hotel
The Public Force of San José and the canine unit carried out operations at the San José Palacio hotel after an alleged bomb threat was received on Sunday afternoon. As confirmed by the Ministry of Security, after the “threat” the response protocols were activated and the presence of any type of explosive was ruled out. […]