A new project takes Costa Rica to the forefront in environmental matters again. The plastic bottles, those that regularly end up in the dumpster of your house, will be one of the components of the asphalt mix to be placed on the roads. Although the University of Costa Rica (UCR) has been investigated this possibility […]
Archives for July 10, 2018
Court ruling prevents revision of 100 thousand criminal sentences
On Tuesday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in favor of Costa Rica in the Amrhein case, raised in 2014 by 17 convicted people, who claimed a violation of their rights. Among them, there were five people sentenced for the Anglo Costa Rican Bank case: former directors Manfred Amrhein, Rónald Fernández Pinto, Carlos Osborne […]
Italian man arrested for carrying 197 ova of cocaine in his body
Officials of the Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security prevented a foreigner of Italian nationality from leaving the country because he carried a load of drugs inside his body, exactly 197 ovules containing 1,115 grams of cocaine. The arrest occurred at Juan Santamaría International Airport located in the province of Alajuela, […]
Secretary of the UN will visit the country to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the IA Court
The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, will be visiting Costa Rica next week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, whose headquarters are here. The visit was confirmed by the Costa Rican president Carlos Alvarado, who said they will meet as part of the agenda. Guterres […]
Coastguard rescued six tourists in Quepos
The National Coastguard Service of Quepos prevented a tragedy by saving four girls, a woman, and a boy who were dragged by marine currents. According to Commander Edson Rodríguez, director of the aforementioned station, the first rescue took place on Monday morning, when he received a 9-1-1 alert that four women had been dragged by […]
Government: App is not part of agreement with taxi drivers
The Government did not offer any offices for taxi drivers to create an app that allows them to compete with Uber. The issue is not part of the agreements either. This was confirmed on Tuesday by the Minister of Communication, Juan Carlos Mendoza, when he denied the statements by Gilberth Ureña, spokesman for the National […]