On Monday, Chancellor Manuel Ventura traveled to Ottawa, Canada for a Lima Group meeting to discuss the crisis in Venezuela. With his counterparts from Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Honduras, Guatemala, Peru, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay and Saint Lucia, the Costa Rican minister will discuss the steps to follow to support Juan Guaidó, that nation’s interim president. […]
Archives for February 4, 2019
Authorities caught “narcats” that carried drugs to inmates
On Sunday, the Penitentiary Police caught two cats who were trying to get drugs inside the Institutional Care Centers (CAI) Jorge Arturo Montero (Reforma) and Nelson Mandela (Pococí). Both events happened in the afternoon hours. According to the report of the authorities, the felines were seen entering the center so the police immediately addressed the […]
What will happen with Costa Rican economy this 2019?
Higher economic growth (3.2%) and sustained inflation figures (between 2% and 4%) are two of the Central Bank’s forecasts for the Costa Rican economy during 2019. Rodrigo Cubero, president of this entity, spoke during the show Enfoques on the possible economic scenarios for Costa Rica this year. The priority goal for the Central Bank is […]
January had 20 fewer homicides compared to 2018
The first month of this year had a downward trend in the number of homicides with a total of 20 fewer cases compared to the same period of 2018. According to data from the Ministry of Public Security (MSP), in the first 31 days of 2019 the responsible authorities handled 39 murders, while during the […]
Slogan of deceased tourists’ relatives: “In Costa Rica, tourism = death”
The relatives of the tourists who died in the rafting tragedy that occurred on October 20th, 2018 in Quepos are willing to do anything to denounce the alleged negligence committed by the Costa Rican State by promoting itself as one of the best tourist destinations. That day, four American tourists of Hispanic origin lost their […]
Interesting technological tools boost rural tourism
Caminos de Osa is a community rural tourism project in the Osa Peninsula that aims to provide a tool to foreigners visiting the area. Currently, the project is integrated by more than 40 small entrepreneurs in the area, who have been working for several years with the support of various institutions, such as the Costa […]