President Carlos Alvarado is backing the finance minister, Rocío Aguilar, amid criticism from different political sectors in Congress that hold her responsible for approving debt payments without budgetary content, in the midst of the missing liquidity faced by the government of Alvarado for the fiscal gap of ¢900 billion left by the administration of Luis […]
Archives for April 25, 2019
US patrol finds a three-year-old boy alone on the border with Mexico
US agents found a three-year-old boy crying in a corn field on the border with Mexico, with his name and a phone number written on his shoes, US authorities said on Wednesday. The federal agency of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the boy was found early on Tuesday morning. He was “abandoned” by a […]
Costa Rica supports re-election of OAS Secretary General
This Wednesday, the national government announced that it will support the candidacy of Luis Almagro for his reelection to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS). The support was made official by the Chancellor of the Republic, Manuel Ventura, after a meeting he held with Almagro in Washington DC. The Secretary General, […]
Vaccine against the papilloma virus will be applied at the end of May
The 35 thousand doses against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) arrived in the country and the vaccination campaign will begin the last week of May. The executive president of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), Román Macaya, said that they are going through a process of quality control, and then they will be applied. The […]
Venezuelan Ambassador will oppose Maduro’s gift to former legislator
María Faría, Venezuela’s ambassador to Costa Rica, will take legal measures if it is proven that the regime of Nicolás Maduro gave away property of the Venezuelan state to former Costa Rican Álvaro Montero Mejía. According to a publication of the newspaper Extra on April 23rd, Montero confirmed the transfer of the property located in […]
Priority of national parks is to protect flora and fauna of the country
More than 20% of the Costa Rican territory is made up of different Protected Wild Areas that hold 5% of the world’s biodiversity. The Manuel Antonio National Park (PNMA) is the most visited in the country thanks to its calm waters, lush vegetation and animals such as monkeys, raccoons, coatis and hundreds of birds and […]