Daily Archives: December 6, 2010

When there is low voter turnout, the political party with the best organization usually wins. That is what happened Sunday where in some cantons the turnout was as low as 13 percent. The faithful of the Partido Liberación Nacional turned … Continue reading →

While President Laura Chinchilla sought support opposing the Nicaraguan invasion, heavy flooding took place at the Río San Juan and adjacent waterways. There is speculation in northeastern Costa Rica that the flooding San Juan ripped though a hand-dug ditch to … Continue reading →

An encounter with Africanized bees Sunday highlighted the continual danger of those insects in Costa Rica. Cruz Roja rescue workers were trying to recover the body of a man who fell from a bridge over the Río Virilla Tuesday evening. … Continue reading →

Sensitive information about customers’ credit cards remains unencrypted and vulnerable on Radiográfica Costarricense’s Web site. Credit card numbers relating to recent automatic payment operations are recorded and displayed. Also retained are the card’s issuing bank, expiration date, and three-digit security … Continue reading →

The judicial offices will be closed Friday to celebrate the Día del servidor judicial. The day is Wednesday but the Consejo Superior del Poder Judicial. moved the observance to Friday so judicial workers would get a three-day weekend.

During the first year that A.M. Costa Rica was published, reader letters were printed on a special page. That gave less than adequate exposure to some interesting thoughts and ideas that readers have. Since then, reader letters have been published … Continue reading →