Deputy Minister of the Interior, Freddy Montero has confirmed the establishment of the Costa Rican Port Police. The new force is the first of its kind and will consist of a new group of Border Police, which is currently undergoing training in La Cruz, Guanacaste. Officers will work along the Caribbean coast and in cooperation […]

National Roads Authority (Conavi) must pave the section of road between Cóbano and Río Negro in Puntarenas along Route 160, according to a ruling by the Constitutional Court. The regional director of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), and municipal authorities have recognized the problem of dust in the sector in the past. […]

Magaly Madrigal, a reporter for a French news agency was locked in a bathroom and robbed while José María Villalta, the candidate for the Broad Front voted at Escuela José Figueres Ferrer. Madrigal reported that the assailants took two laptop computers and were dressed as police officers. Source crhoy.com

On Wednesday, the National Ombudsman (Defensoría de los Habitantes) wrote a letter to judiciary, calling for the suspension of Francisco Segura, as director of the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ). The move comes as part of the review into a judicial investigation of a journalist and resulted in the warrentless search of cell phone records. In […]

The Central Bank (BCCR) made it clear on Thursday that it has enough dollar reserves to keep the price of foreign exchange in check. BCCR announced that on Wednesday it had injected $5 million into the currency market and that total reserves exceed $7.2 billion. Asked about the impact of this intervention, economist Norberto Zúñiga […]

Repretel, Teletica, Channel 9 and Channel 13 Sinart will begin broadcasting coverage of the 2014 Presidential Election in Costa Rica, starting in the early morning on Sunday and continuing until polls indicate which candidate is first to capture the required 40 percent of the popular vote. Source La Nacion