This Wednesday, the price of the dollar was ¢594.5 for sale and ¢588 for purchase, being the lowest price of 2019, and which was not seen prior to the national strike. Seasonal effects such as the high season of tourism, which is linked to greater availability of foreign currency, and a slump in the commercial […]
Archives for May 2019
Association files criminal complaint against the President for exploitation in river
The Asociación Confraternidad Guanacasteca filed a criminal complaint against President Carlos Alvarado and the Minister of the MINAE, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, for the granting of a mining concession for the exploitation of Rio Brasil in Sardinal de Carrillo, Guanacaste. Gadi Amit, president of the Association, told CRHoy.com that the complaint was filed with the Attorney […]
Guaidó approaches the US Army as his street strategy wanes
The opposition leader Juan Guaidó began approaching the US military after failing to break the support of the Armed Forces to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with street demonstrations whose strength declined after a failed military uprising. Instructed by Guaidó, his representative in Washington, Carlos Vecchio, requested a meeting in the next few days with Craig […]
Government diminishes lower category of Costa Rican aviation
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) and the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) referred to the reevaluation made by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States. Guillermo Hoppe, director of the DGAC, and Rodolfo Méndez Mata, minister of the portfolio, gave explanations to the media: The country lost a category […]
Couple almost died trying to save a cat
A video shows the rescue of two people who fell near the bridge over the Torres River, in the sector of La Uruca, on Tuesday afternoon. According to the report of the Costa Rican Fire Department, the 70-year-old man and the 40-year-old woman would have tried to save a cat that was under the bridge. […]
A Costa Rican frog’s journey to Europe
A Costa Rican frog arrived to Europe in a box of bananas. This was announced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Animal Cruelty (RSPCA) in the United Kingdom. The amphibian, a tree frog, was found in Lidl, Netherfield, in Nottingham, and according to that society, the animal was treated by a veterinarian. The […]