Bull baiting in Costa Rica begins on Christmas Day with the opening of the national festival in Zapote. The sport, which requires grown men to risk life and limb while taunting livestock is part of the rural traditions of Latin America. In Costa Rica, none of the bulls are killed, so the activity is considered […]
Archives for December 24, 2013
Laura Chinchilla signs law that returns land to 10,000 families
President Laura Chinchilla, signed on Monday a law that returns the land of 10,000 families in six cantons located between Limon and San Carlos. She signed the act in a ceremony in Guápiles that grants the land to its occupants and reverses a 2001 law that had confirmed the land for the Port Development and […]
Elder abandonment on the rise in Costa Rica
Carlos Luis Ocampo, age 76 occupies bed number 68 at the Hospital Nacional de Geriatría at a cost of ¢390,000 per day ($791) to the state. Ocampo was abandoned by his eight children, and after he was able to walk without assistance a truck driver brought him to the hospital. According to Fernando Morales, director […]
Seizures of fake drugs rose by almost 900 percent compared to 2012
Seizures of counterfeit or contraband drugs increased nearly 900 percent over the previous year, and as of November a total of 2,153,475 units have been confiscated. Much of the contraband comes across the border illegally and is believed to fuel organized crime. Most popular are over the counter medicines and multivitamins. Original Article in crhoy.com
Advanced technological controls responsible for catching narco-bankers
Arrests of two bank tellers, charged with laundering ¢96 million ($194,726) in drug money are being credited to an advanced monitoring system, setup by the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR). The system uses real-time, high resolution cameras, which are linked to computers that monitor bank transactions. The bank tellers were caught making small deposits into […]
Two arrested on charges of murdering attorney
Police have made two arrests in the case of a sixty year old attorney who was kidnapped, bound, beaten and left for dead on a banana plantation in Pococí. Arrests of the two men, (17 and 34) came after police followed up a tip to check a blue Hyundai. Officers chased the car with four […]