Carlos Alvarado has been president-elect for just three days and in little more than a month he will receive the presidential band. Time is running and he has yet to put together his cabinet. To this day he says he does not have names. Days ago, Otton Solís said that the Citizen Action Party should […]
Archives for April 2018
The TSE received thank-you flowers after elections
Costa Rican citizens left flowers and thank-you messages in the Electoral Freedom Square of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, after the process that carried out during the presidential campaign that ended last Sunday after the second electoral round. This is an initiative of the Costa Rica Coalition movement, which through its Facebook page encouraged citizens to […]
Board of Directors of the CCSS is complete again
The Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (UCCAEP) chose the replacement of Renato Alvarado as representative in the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS). Jorge Luis Araya, economist and deputy executive director of UCCAEP, will be in office until May 31st. One of the […]
Fuel prices will decrease by more than ¢15
The Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) approved a decrease in the price of fuels. The reduction corresponds to the extraordinary adjustment of March: • ¢ 19 in diesel • ¢ 16 in super gas • and ¢ 15 in regular gasoline. ARESEP informed that the approved change was less than that requested by the Costa […]
Costa Rican satellite arrived at the International Space Station
At 4:40 a.m. on Wednesday the first Costa Rican satellite reached its first stop: the International Space Station. In a month it will be placed in orbit and will exchange data with a remote station of Tecnológico de Costa Rica in the north of the country. The Dragon capsule that was traveling in the rocket […]
Less Ticos died on the road in the first three months of 2018
In the first months of the year, the authorities report 15% fewer road fatalities, according to data from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT). In the first 90 days of 2018 there were 107 deaths on the road, while in the same period of the previous year there were 126. The figure is […]