With a unanimous vote, seven legislators of the Committee on Economic Affairs buried the bill presented by the government to regulate the operation of Uber and other mobile transport applications in Costa Rica. The decision was made on Wednesday afternoon after discussing the initiative of the Executive Power for two days, and a week after […]
Archives for September 12, 2019
Albino Vargas will be accused of public instigation
A group of citizens filed a complaint against union leader Albino Vargas, General Secretary of the Public and Private Employees Union (ANEP), for the alleged crime of Public Instigation. The complaint points out that the trade unionist has taken it upon himself to exercise an alleged trade unionism that every day becomes more violent, in […]
Alvarado downplays popular discontent towards him and his government
President Carlos Alvarado was not concerned about the precipitous fall of his popularity and the increase in citizen discontent towards his administration. The most recent survey of the Center for Research and Political Studies (CIEP) of the University of Costa Rica, released on Wednesday, reveals widespread discontent against Alvarado and his management in the government. […]
#Cementazo: Congress will vote on report that recommends re-investigating Solis
The report by thee special investigative commission of the Congress that recommends the Attorney General of Public Ethics (PEP) to investigate Luis Guillermo Solís again for breach of duty of probity in the case of cementazo will be discussed and voted by the Legislative Plenary next Monday. This was announced on Wednesday by the president […]
Panama arrested Costa Rican wanted by the US
A 43-year-old Costa Rican man named Arias Leiva was arrested on Wednesday afternoon by the units of the Subdirectorate of Judicial Investigation in the province of Chiriquí, Panama, near the border with Paso Canoas, according to local media. There was an Interpol alert on him, as he was apparently wanted by a Texan Court, in […]
Foreigners arrested with 32 stolen cellphones
A Peruvians couple was arrested at the Juan Santamaría airport while trying to leave the country with 32 apparently stolen cellphones. The subjects were identified as Suárez and Surichaqui. They were apprehended by the officers of the Airport Police of the Air Surveillance Service (SVA) of the Ministry of Public Security. Upon being checked by […]