Daily Archives: November 29, 2011

The Inter American Press Association Monday expressed concern at threats and other acts of intimidation made against media editors and reporters in Honduras and added its support to a request by the national human rights commissioner that the government investigate … Continue reading →

Droves of police women gathered to celebrate gender diversity in the Judicial Investigating Organization in San José on Monday. The celebration, “V Encuentro de Mujeres Policías,” brought together female employees of the judicial police from all over the country to … Continue reading →

Key European leaders pledged at a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama Monday that they will push for closer economic integration of the 17-nation Eurozone to help resolve the continent’s burgeoning debt crisis. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and … Continue reading →

Thousands of representatives from almost all governments, international organizations and civil society gathered Monday in Durban, South Africa, for the start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which seeks to advance ways to cut global carbon emissions and pollution. … Continue reading →

Once again the word from the tax collectors is never mind. A change in policy now means that the D-151 form that lists income and expenses for the last fiscal year does not have to be presented by Wednesday. In … Continue reading →

Today will be windy and chilly, the weather institute said. Temperatures in the metro area took a drop Monday afternoon. In Cartago, the country’s icebox, overnight temperatures were 12.7 C. or about 55 F. That is chilly by Costa Rican … Continue reading →

Lawmakers officially designated the last Saturday in March as the day for domestic workers. They took the action Monday afternoon when they passed a bill doing that for the second and final time. Of the 48 lawmakers present, 48 voted … Continue reading →

Lawmakers are trying to create some protection for individuals and companies holding concessions in the maritime zone. Alan Flores, the minister of Turismo, was at the legislature Monday to testify on the bill. The proposed legislation would require the government … Continue reading →

A pork processing plant in Cartago has been ordered closed because of contamination of the Quebrada Barahona that flows into the Río Coris, said the Tribunal Ambiental Administrativo. The pork processing operation, Porcina Americana S.A., had been the object of … Continue reading →

Costa Rica may be one of the safest places to live — at least for criminals. That conclusion is according to a statistical analysis of crime in the country which calculated high rates of impunity among violent and non-violent transgressors. … Continue reading →