The money lent by the Bank of Costa Rica to pay the Chinese cement taxes ended up in the accounts of Sinocem Costa Rica, owned by importer Juan Carlos Bolaños. This was indicated by Carolina Lopera, representative of the Maritime Agency Transmares, in a letter sent to the commission investigating the cementazo. Lopera, who was […]
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Rains will be heavier from Tuesday on
The national authorities confirmed that a low pressure system will affect the country from Tuesday, so downpours are expected in more than double amounts. According to Juan Carlos Fallas, director of the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), the low pressure system is located in the north of Panama, in the Caribbean Sea, so an important impact […]
Captors in Grecia got into the wrong house
The three subjects who held six people on Saturday night in Grecia got into the wrong house. They intercepted a 24-year-old woman named Barrantes, who was moving from Atenas to Grecia. However, everything indicates that the criminals were really goinf after Barrantes’ landlords. The supposed objectives were managers of different companies of container transport and […]
First Costa Rican satellite soon to be in space
The first satellite built in Costa Rica and throughout Central America will be sent to space in 2018, with the objective of collecting data related to the emission of carbon dioxide. On the morning of October 23rd, the Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) and the Costa Rican Technological Institute (TEC) announced that […]
Coffee from Atenas stands out as favorite in New York
Coffee from Atenas is considered the favorite among coffee lovers who granted it the “Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award” in New York. There Coopeatenas coffee received an award in the category “New York Coffee Lover’s Choice”. Receiving this award means pride and satisfaction that permeates the more than 1,300 producers associated with Coopeatenas. Illy Café […]
Judicial Inspection opens case against Prosecutor’s Office
The Judicial Inspection opened a case against Suzi Polette Valverde Ávila, an assistant prosecutor who signed the dismissal in favor of the Chinese cement importer, Juan Carlos Bolaños, and former legislator and advisor of the Christian Social Unity Party, Wálter Céspedes. Valverde Ávila worked as assistant prosecutor in the Prosecution of Probity, Transparency and Anti-Corruption. […]