According to the National Seismological Network (RSN: ICE-UCR), a total of located 191 earthquakes were recorded in Costa Rica for the month of February. However, all the movements were under 4.5 in magnitude, none caused any damage and only 11 were strong enough to be felt by people in Costa Rica. Two of the quakes […]
Chinese vehicles make their way into the Costa Rica market
In the last five years, vehicles manufactured in China went from 0.3 percent of new cars registered in Costa Rica, to 2.2 percent in 2013, according to the National Registry. Last year a total of 47,471 cars were registered in the country. Toyota and Hyundai were the market leaders with 11,768 and 10,273, respectively. Chinese […]
Colombians and Mexicans most deported in recent years for narcotics
According to data provided by the Directorate of Immigration, between 2000 and 2013, a total of 1,355 Colombians, 187 Mexicans and 142 Guatemalans and 58 Hondurans were deported. Typically persons being deported from Costa Rica have recently completed a prison sentence. On average it takes about one month to process a deportee out of the […]
Central Bank intervenes to curb rising dollar
The Central Bank (BCCR) on Thursday intervened to curb the rise in the exchange rate to sell $16.5 million in the foreign exchange market (Monex). This is the fourth time that the bank has intervened in currency markets to stop the appreciation in the value of the dollar. In total, the bank has injected $104.1 […]
Johnny Araya receives blessing from anti abortion evangelicals
Johnny Araya, candidate (PLN) for the National Liberation Party has received the blessing from leaders of the National Evangelical Alliance, after making a speech on Thursday against abortion and same-sex marriage at the Hotel Real Intercontinental in Escazú. The position sets him apart from his opponent, Luis Guillermo Solís who favors abortion in cases of […]
Immigration arrested one of its own officers for irregular entry of foreigners
The Directorate General of Immigration has arrested one of its own officials, who allegedly allowed a Dominican woman to enter the country illegally. According to investigators, the official stamped a tourist visa into a false United States passport, which the woman presented upon arrival at Juan Santamaria airport. Citizens of the Dominican Republic do not […]