Bernadita Marín, vice minister of Security, spoke on October 6th about budgetary and staff issues in the ministry. She said that the interest of the ministry is to “clarify” some opinions expressed by legislators. Marín denied that the Ministry hadn’t properly used all the resources allocated in 2015, when 2.9 billion colones (90%) were spent, […]
American Embassy will be closed on Monday
The US Embassy and Consulate in Costa Rica will be closed next Monday, October 10th, due to an American national holiday. On October 12th, 1997, US President Richard Nixon declared the second Monday of October as a national holiday. That day pays tribute to Christopher Columbus, who first came to America on October 12th, 1492. […]
Zika gave a slight truce in September
Only 31 national cases of Zika were reported in the last week of September, making the number of patients with the virus reach 1222. Apparently, there is a slowing trend in positive diagnoses, according to the report by the Ministry of Health, released on October 5th. There are 48 pregnant women with the disease, and one […]
Latin America and the Caribbean are showing signs of economic recovery
According to the new semiannual World Bank report on Latin America and the Caribbean, both regions are showing signs of economic recovery and a higher amount of exports, including high-quality new products, The region is expected to contract by 1.1% in 2016 before recovering and grow to 1.8% in 2017, as stated by the report of Consensus Forecast. […]
Treasury already has access to personal data from customers
The procedure is not new, but now the kind of data the Ministry of Finance could retrieve from telephone, Internet and subscription television companies is clearer. The decision from the Data Protection Agency (PRODHAB) allows the Treasury to obtain data without the consent of the customers of these businesses. According to Mauricio Garro, director of […]
The President asked Otto Guevara and Rosibel Ramos to change their minds
President Solís asked legislators Otto Guevara, from the Movimiento Libertario, and Rosibel Ramos, from Unión Social Cristiana (PUSC), to stop being against the draft on Corporation Tax, because the country could annually raise about 47 billion Colones to invest into public security. Guevara has filed 200 motions to this plan and they are delaying its approval. […]