On Tuesday, Costa Rican Vice President Ana Helena Chacón announced her candidacy as executive director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), replacing the late Nigerian doctor Babatunde Osotimehi. Chacón, a specialist in international relations, is the coordinator of the social policies of the Costa Rican government, and in the past she worked as Deputy Minister […]
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Leopoldo López is banned from publicly speaking
Opposition leader Leopoldo López was banned from making public statements as part of the house arrest granted by the Venezuelan justice system, said his wife Lilian Tintori onTuesday. Leopoldo cannot issue any information to the media and cannot speak publicly,” Tintori told a press conference on the limitations imposed by a Supreme Court ruling. López […]
UCCAEP asks that Reventazón damages do not raise electricity rates
Entrepreneurs grouped in the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP) asked the Government that the impact announced in the Reventazón Hydroelectric Project should not be transferred to electricity rates. According to data presented by representatives of the ICE before the Presidential Council of Competitiveness, the cost of works […]
Harvey Hurricane caused 18 flights to cancelled in Costa Rica
The emergency caused by Hurricane Harvey in the United States has caused the cancellation of 18 flights since last Saturday and until Tuesday, according to the company Aeris Holding Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría Airport administrator. Cancellations are for inbound and outbound flights to and from Houston. These cancellations correspond to United Airlines and Southwest flights. […]
Guatemala court suspends expulsion of UN anti-corruption chief
The Constitutional Court (CC) in Guatemala suspended the expulsion of the head of a United Nations commission against impunity, ordered by President Jimmy Morales. After an exhaustive analysis, the Constitutional Court grants the requested provisional protection and permanently suspend the claimed expulsion against the former Colombian magistrate, Iván Velásquez,” said at a press conference President […]
International buyers arrive in Costa Rica for business mission
Buyers from Japan, Ukraine, Norway, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, France and Argentina will participate for the first time in the Buyers Trade Mission (BTM) business round, in which Costa Rican companies show their exportable products. In addition, buyers from 12 states of Mexico, 10 of the United States, and regions such as Nova Scotia and Vancouver […]