With the arrival of the fifth month of the year, some well-known visitors also come: the “May beetle”. What brings these visitors to our homes? The transition from summer to the rainy season. Federico Paniagua, a specialist from the Insect Museum at the University of Costa Rica (UCR), explained that rainfall brings favorable conditions for […]
Óscar López wants to rule the Legislative Assembly
Legislator Óscar López, from Partido Accesibilidad sin Exclusión (PASE) (PASE), made official his candidacy for the Presidency of the Legislative Assembly for the last year. The legislator said that if elected on May 1st, he pledges not to obstruct the progress of any bills, even if he does not agree with them. He added that […]
300 detainees, but only one sentence
300 people were detained by the Fiscal Control Police (PCF) from January 2015 to March 2017. Those suspected of committing smuggling offenses were brought before the Public Prosecutor’s Office. However, to date, only one of them was convicted in the courts. It is hard: they are investigations that cost us many hours and resources. Unfortunately, […]
Fighting roosters were found in a sack
A man was about to wash his hands in Peñas Blancas river, but there was a macabre, cruel surprise. At the site, he found many fighting cocks, some of them were alive, others were dead. They had recently been abandoned there in a sack. The man, identified as Keneth Monge, made some pictures and recorded a video […]
New Costa Rican diplomats in China and Australia
The Governing Council ratified the new diplomats for China and for a new headquarter that will be inaugurated in Canberra, Australia. Patricia Rodríguez Holkemeyer will be the new Ethical Ambassador in the Asian country. She will replace Ricardo Javier León Pérez, who was dismissed on March 7th for lack of results. Rodríguez, who was a […]
Trump’s wall divides the US Congress
The wall that US President Donald Trump wants to build on the Mexican border was at the center of budget discussions as the Democratic opposition refuses to give him the funds. The US Congress must mandatorily approve a federal budget by Friday. If it does not, one minute after midnight, the US federal government will […]