Hundreds of Venezuelan citizens who were in Panama have been entering Costa Rica through Paso Canoas with the intention of renewing the tourist visa to return to the neighboring country. However, Panamanian authorities made the decision to reject some of them. Faced with this, Costa Rican migration is on alert for a possible wave of […]
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Manuel Otero: “Agricultural productivity has grown in Latin America”
In the last 20 years, productivity increases in the agricultural sector, or in the main production chains in Latin America, doubled the world growth rate. We must have done something well,” said Argentinian veterinarian Manuel Otero, the only candidate -so far- to the leadership of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), which has […]
Prisoners build dormitories with their own resources
With their own resources, 48 prisoners working in the TO Project, built their dormitories in the Center of Institutional Attention of Cartago. The modules have a capacity for 48 people and were raised and financed by the population that participated in the project called TO, which cooperates with the prisoners since 2009. We are committed […]
20 drug gangs have been dismantled in 2017
The investigations carried out by the Drug Control Police (PCD) officers resulted in 20 drug gangs being dismantled in Costa Rica. As reflected by statistics of the PCD, 15 of these gangs operated locally and eight of them were family-based. The other 5 gangs operated internationally. For the authorities of the PCD citizen’s denunciation is […]
More questioning for Ana Cristina Trejos
On Wednesday, Juan Marín, legislator from the National Liberation Party, questioned the appointment of Ana Cristina Trejos on the board of the Banking Mortgage Bank (BANHVI) in the Legislative Assembly Marín believes this appointment may be illegal based on what is stated in Article 15, paragraph C of the Law of the National Financial System, […]
3 possible cases of microcephaly by zika
Data from the Ministry of Health revealed on Wednesday show that there would be 3 possible cases of microcephaly associated with zika. The first case is a baby in Puntarenas, whose test results were negative, even though his mother had the virus last year. There are 2 probable cases in the province of Puntarenas. One […]