The effects of K2, also known as “Spice” or “synthetic marijuana”, are 100 times more powerful than natural cannabis. Although it was known in Costa Rica, the first confiscation in the country was made on June 07th, in Purral de Goicoechea, where a 28-year-old man named González was carrying 3,9 grams of the drug. The […]
Archives for June 8, 2016
INCAE: lack of transparency and efficiency challenges competitiveness
According to Víctor Umaña, CLACDS’ director from INCAE, Costa Rica has the resources to make progress in solving the competitiveness problems it has, such as infrastructure, poverty and bureaucracy, but it can’t due to a lack of management, efficiency and transparency.” This was part of his intervention in the political debate organized by the Costa […]
Solís asks immigrants not to come to Costa Rica
According to President Luis Guillermo Solís, immigrants should avoid Costa Rica because of its limited resources and inadequate conditions to take care of thousands of people. So far, Costa Rica has helped immigrants in the northern border with Nicaragua using the resources from the National Emergency Commission (CNE) and the Red Cross, which make sure […]