The Costa Rican government announced it asked three diplomats from Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela to leave the country. This was announced on Thursday morning by the President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado. Alvarado did not specify the term his government gave to the councilor Nabil Mora, to the second secretary; Angélica María Ramírez, and […]
Archives for February 15, 2019
Treasury reports 12,856 affected by mysterious mass affiliation to cooperative
The National Treasury, which is in charge of paying Central Government salaries, reported on Thursday that 12,856 public employees were affected by a massive affiliation to Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria y Servicios Multiples de Pocora RL (Cooproaserpo RL). According to the Treasury, attached to the Ministry of Finance, the first half of February, paid yesterday […]
Three Chinese people arrested with fake passports
Three Chinese citizens identified with the surnames Tong, Leung and Woo were arrested by immigration authorities at the Juan Santamaría airport because they were carrying fake passports. The foreigners went to immigration control and handed in passports from Taiwan for processing. The officer, when reviewing each of the documents, realizes that the passports are not […]
Personal trainer denounces sexual harassment by former president Óscar Arias
Patricia Volio, a personal trainer, said in her social networks that she was sexually harassed by former President Óscar Arias. She’s the 10th woman to make this kind of statement about the former president. Volio wrote on her Facebook wall that after a lot of thinking she decided to go public, even though a lot […]
Agents arrested a woman with an international arrest warrant
Agents of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ), of the National Central Office of Interpol, together with agents of the Monitoring and Follow-up Unit (UVISE), arrested a 34-year-old Nicaraguan woman, who had an international arrest warrant. Apparently, she was wanted by the US authorities for the crime of fraud since 2017. The judicial authorities found the […]
ICT launches campaign to reduce single-use plastic consumption
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) sent a clear message to companies: it will support any initiative, as long as it has a plan for the proper handling of solid and liquid waste; especially regarding the consumption of single-use plastic. Why? To minimize the impact of this material on the environment. A plastic bag takes […]