The driver of the trailer involved in the traffic accident in which four people died on Friday night was driving under the influence of alcohol. The Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) confirmed that the subject, a Salvadoran, was tested twice. Both tests were positive. The event occurred in La Cruz sector in Guanacaste, where a trailer […]

A man who was wanted by the FBI for more than 20 years was captured while riding in a taxi in Escazu. The subject has pending charges with the US authorities for fraud in the states of Michigan and Oregon. The arrest was executed by the Municipal Police of Escazú, after being informed of the […]

The National Coast Guard Service conducted a rescue operation for a Portuguese fisherman who was injured by a large tuna fish. The Ministry of Security explained that the rescue took place on Saturday, to help the foreigner who suffered an accident at sea. He was performing a maneuver of his own when a tuna fish […]

Once again, the judiciary obtained the first place as the best evaluated public institution in terms of transparency on its website. According to the Index of Transparency in the Costa Rican Public Sector (ITSP), the Judiciary obtained a perfect score (100 points), since its web system is friendly, fast-accessible, with open data and allows citizen […]

DiDi Chuxing, the powerful Chinese company responsible for managing private passenger transport through technology platforms, is planning to start operations in Costa Rica. This was revealed on Wednesday, October 16th, on Reuters news agency and published on different sites. The information is supported by an advertisement promoted by the company on the LinkedIn social network […]

One of the results of the 2019 National Household Survey (Enaho) is that 21.0% of households in Costa Rica live below the poverty line. This figure remains stable compared to 2018, when it was 21.1%. However, the same study carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) reports that 5.8% of households […]