In the midst of the fiscal crisis, domestic debt and high interest rates offered by domestic investors, the government asks legislators to approve the placement of bonds for $6 billion abroad. This is known as Eurobonds. According to the government, its objective is to obtain better loan conditions than those offered in the country to […]
Archives for February 2019
Every three days, a child is diagnosed with cancer
Preventing cancer can save lives! This is the message of the Association Fight Against Childhood Cancer (ALCCI), within the framework of the Golden Month, whose objective is to detect the disease in minors as soon as possible. It is estimated that every year, 170 minors are diagnosed with some type of cancer, the most frequent […]
Pilot survives plane crash in Sarapiquí
A fumigation plane crashed on Wednesday morning in Old Port of Sarapiquí. The alert about this accident came in at 7:38 a.m. According to the Red Cross Communications Center, the pilot of the aircraft was reported as stable. Firefighting units went to the site to rule out fuel and chemical spills. At the moment the […]
Another woman accuses Óscar Arias of sexual abuse
A third woman denounced former president of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias Sánchez of sexual harassment. This complaint joins the one raised on Monday by a psychiatrist named Arce and a second complaint by journalist “Nono Antillón”. The also journalist Emma Daly, who worked for the Tico Times and Reuters news […]
Guatemala confiscates drugs in Costa Rica banana shipment
A shipment of Costa Rican bananas was confiscated by Guatemalan authorities in Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla, in the Pacific region of the country, where they found about 40 drug packages hidden in several boxes with the agricultural product. Apparently, the ship’s final destination was the United States. The confiscated “goods” have a value in the illicit […]
Costa Rica seeks conciliation with Mexico over avocado restriction
Costa Rica is in favor of a bilateral agreement with Mexico, which allows for a joint and direct conciliation regarding the restriction imposed by the country on the entry of hass avocado from Mexico. This was explained by Dyalá Jiménez, Minister of Foreign Trade, who indicated that this has been the spirit of this government, […]