Daily Archives: March 14, 2011

Street justice resulted in the death of one man and may have been the reason why eight young people were shot as they stood at a Zapote bus stop. Both crimes happened Sunday. The death was in southern Costa Rica … Continue reading →

An 18-year-old Quepos soccer player died Thursday after he followed a ball onto a construction site and stepped on a high-voltage line, said the Judicial Investigating Organization. The youth was identified by the last name of Alvarez. He died about … Continue reading →

Some 70 police officers swept Jacó Saturday night and Sunday morning, but the best they could come up with were two drunk drivers, a man they believe made his own license plates, and nearly two dozen foreigners without papers. Officers … Continue reading →

Cuba has released from prison one of its most prominent dissidents. The man, Oscar Elias Biscet, was freed Friday and returned to his home in Havana. The 49-year-old physician was serving a 25-year sentence. Biscet was part of a group … Continue reading →

U.S. State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley has resigned over remarks criticizing the Pentagon for its treatment of a man accused of leaking classified information to the Wikileaks Web site. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in a statement Sunday … Continue reading →

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Guatemala next week for a three-day visit that will focus on peacebuilding issues and the Central American country’s efforts to combat impunity. Ban is set to arrive in Guatemala Tuesday and will meet with … Continue reading →

A 20-year study of human longevity has major implications for Costa Rica, which likes to style itself incorrectly as the world’s happiest country. Those participants who were the most cheerful and had the best sense of humor as kids lived … Continue reading →

This newspaper published today for the first time a page of important links and services. It is HERE! Over the next week the page will be expanded and improved. However, the page still will contain embassy listings and emergency numbers, … Continue reading →

The Autopista del Sol remains closed because a final inspection of the Atenas-Orotina stretch had been delayed, and on the Autopista General Cañas chaos reigned over the weekend because the infamous bridge over the Río Tiribi was shut for repairs. … Continue reading →

A Taiwanese boat captain goes before a judge today in Puntarenas faced with the allegation that he unloaded shark fins that were not attached to sharks. He is the first to be detained based on a rule that all boats … Continue reading →

Fuerza Pública officers in pursuit of at least eight robbery suspects ran into bullets directed at them by young men early Sunday in San Sebastián, south San José. Police commanders had to bring six other patrol cars and occupants to … Continue reading →

The executive branch now has an agenda of some 100 bills that it has presented to the legislature. Until May 1, the legislature may only consider bills forwarded to it by the executive branch. Among the bills are some proposals … Continue reading →

The possibility of a tsunami Friday gave the Costa Rican emergency system a test. The national emergency commission issued a low-level alert at 3 a.m. Friday. By that time scientists had calculated that any serious tsunami effect would touch northern … Continue reading →