Daily Archives: March 17, 2011

Four minors are accused of murder in two separate cases. In yet another case involving juvenile crime two others are accused of stabbing a high schooler as he left class in San José. Agents have detained a minor in the … Continue reading →

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday expressed appreciation of Guatemala’s contribution to United Nations peacekeeping operations, but also voiced alarm at the worsening rate of crime, insecurity and human rights violations in the Central American country. “Guatemalan troops are serving with peacekeepers … Continue reading →

The Judicial Investigating Organization is warning the public to be cautious with social networks. The warning came after the arrest of a man who is accused of rape of a woman he met on Facebook. The agency said that unknown … Continue reading →

Environmentalists are hoping that a shark finning boat captain will have his vessel confiscated and get two years in prison. The environmentalist are members of the Program de Restauración de Tortuga Marina, which is following the case closely in Puntarenas. … Continue reading →

A chamber that represents business operators has called upon the central government to take action against what it says is 11 months of declines and a clear deceleration in the national economy. The chamber is the Unión Costarricense de Cámaras … Continue reading →

St. Patrick’s Day is a good time to reflect on the religious division that has driven the history of the Western Hemisphere. The division between Catholic and Protestant has defined much of history. And it also explains why the Irish … Continue reading →

The Juzgado Penal de San Ramón has remanded three persons to preventative detention for a year in a case of money laundering involving Banco Popular. A couple with the last names of Mora Badilla and Alfaro Castro are accused of … Continue reading →

A new measure that would create more than 4,000 special taxi licenses for the country is advancing in the legislature. The measure is a technical change in the commercial code, but the effect would be far-reaching. A legislative panel with … Continue reading →

Al Gore, the former vice president of the United States and presidential candidate, was in Costa Rica Wednesday promoting his vision of carbon offsets to a mostly enthusiastic crowd at the Hotel Marriott in Belén. Gore won the Nobel Prize … Continue reading →

More than 25,000 teachers will be knocking on doors from May 30 to June 3 as the 10th national census takes place. The teachers are expected to visit an estimated 1.3 million homes to obtain basic demographical data. This is … Continue reading →