Daily Archives: April 7, 2011

In Costa Rica truckers need permits to move cows. This is an anti-rustling law. So Fuerza Pública officers in Guatuso stopped a truck Tuesday that contained six cows. The trucker had no papers. The Cámara de Ganaderos de Guatuso y … Continue reading →

Two festivals in honor of Costa Rican food products are on the agenda this month. In Laguna Zarcero the Feria Nacional de Chiverre begins a two-weekend run Friday. This is the eighth edition. The Expoferia del Palmito has a three-day … Continue reading →

The immigration service is the first to announce it will be closed for administrative purposes all of Semana Santa. The agency, the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, said it would be closed from April 18 to 22. Easter is … Continue reading →

Young Nicaraguans appear to be spending at least another night on the Isla Calero. A group of about 50 continued their hostilities toward visiting scientists Wednesday, and René Castro, the foreign minister, said that a new protest was filed with … Continue reading →

Representatives of the financial sector were at the legislature Wednesday expressing concern that the new tax package would cause the flight of capital. The Chinchilla administration proposal would tax passive investment income at 15 percent, noted Lanzo Lusconi, president of … Continue reading →

The disappearance of two French tourists has turned into a criminal investigation after their passports were found Wednesday in a trash can in Jacó. The retired couple, Gerard and Claude Dubois, vanished Thursday, and concern was raised when their rented … Continue reading →

The Defensoría de los Habitantes had asked the Consejo Nacional de Vialidad, the highway agency, to fix a bridge over the Río Pejibaye in the canton of Jiménez in Cartago. National route 225 passes over the bridge. The Defensoría cited … Continue reading →

José María Tijerino, the security minister, was drawn into the Rodrigo Arias Sánchez controversy Wednesday. Emilia Navas, the former chief prosecutor for financial crimes and corruption, recalled receiving a telephone call from Tijerino over the plan to formally question Arias. … Continue reading →

The latest Atlantic hurricane forecast continues to predict an above-average probability of a major hurricane making landfall in the Caribbean coast. This is the forecast by Philip J. Klotzbach and William M. Gray at Colorado State University. In December, the … Continue reading →