The Second Circuit of San José released those suspected of creating a criminal network that diverted more than 9 billion colones from the National Institute of Cooperative Development (INFOCOOP). The defendants are not able to leave the country, they must appear in court every fifteen days, they can’t contact witnesses and they lost the job […]
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There was a fire in a prison
The Fire Department reported that 3 prisoners were transferred to San Juan de Dios Hospital in critical condition. The first one had airway burns, the second had burns on 25% of his body and a third had burns on 75% of his body. According to the Fire Department that attended the emergency, 4 units were […]
Almagro: “we need to work together to recover democracy in Venezuela!!
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro denounced what he considered a “self-coup d’etat” in Venezuela and he called for an urgent summon to the Permanent Council of the continental entity. Almagro condemned two rulings issued by the Venezuelan Supreme Court, which removed parliamentary immunity from members of the National Assembly […]
JASEC reports works “under construction” that were already delivered
A report by the Office of the Comptroller General (CGR) revealed the poor controls on the Administrative Board of the Electricity Service of Cartago (JASEC) regarding the management of projects related to the Info-communication Network, to the point that they report 14 billion of colones allocated for works “under construction”, but that in fact were […]
The FMF General Secretary talked about the Costa Ricans’ flags
Costa Rica submitted a formal complaint to the Mexican Football Federation (FEMEXFUT) because some people threw Costa Rican fans’ flags at the Azteca Stadium entrance. FMF General Secretary Guillermo Cantú referred to the issue on ESPN and he assured that they followed a protocol. We received a letter from the general secretariat and we explained […]
PUSC will reduce the registration fee of candidacies
Due to an appeal filed by pre-candidate Rafael Ortiz, Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC) will have to reduce the registration fee of candidacies to ₡ 4.9 million. The Supreme Court of Elections indicated that any party can charge the inscriptions to positions of popular election as long as the quota is not disproportionate to the […]