This Sunday, government forces surrounded and raided the combative towns of Masaya, south of the capital, causing several injuries, according to a human rights organization. Government troops stormed with mechanical shovels in the early hours to clear the barricades in the municipalities of Diría, Diriomo, Niquinohmo, and attacked residents who are entrenched. They are going […]
Archives for July 2018
Eco-tourism Pioneer dies in Costa Rica
If you live every day of your life as if you were on a wonderful journey through an infinitely fascinating and strange land, it will be so.” Michael Kaye, March 2010 Michael Kaye, a 76-year-old pioneer of ecotourism and rafting in Costa Rica, died in this country. For his friends and promoters of tourism in […]
IMN: There are no tropical waves in sight for at least 72 hours
The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) forecasts isolated rains and more sunny mornings for the next few days. On Sunday afternoon at a press conference, the meteorologist Werner Stolz said that weather conditions significantly improved this Sunday, compared to Friday and Saturday. He added they do not have tropical waves in sight, at least for the […]
Last group of people trapped in route 32 were already rescued
After extensive inter-institutional work, the successful rescue of the last 150 people trapped on Route 32 was achieved, according to the report by the National Emergency Commission (CNE). The last evacuation occurred at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. Officials of the National Emergency Commission (CNE), Fire Department, Public Force, Costa Rican Red Cross, Transit Police, and […]
Red Cross is not asking for donations
The Red Cross clarified it is not requesting the collaboration of volunteers to approach flooded areas, donate food, or provide financial assistance. The operational team of the Red Cross is working since July 13th to assist the people whose homes were flooded by the rains, in several areas of Limón and Cartago. They have also […]
Family of drug dealers was dismantled in Pavas
A mother, her son, and her sentimental partner were part of a drug-family structure known as “Craqueros”. The three were arrested on Wednesday by agents of the Drug Control Police (PCD) of the Ministry of Public Security, at the San Juan de Rincón Grande farm, in Pavas de San José. The woman named Morales is […]