Daily Archives: February 8, 2012

Judicial agents in Heredia reported that four men raided a house in Santo Domingo Monday. The men entered the house around 9 p.m. with ski masks and firearms. Agents say they entered through the unlocked and opened front door and … Continue reading →

A Russian Federation diplomat and the Costa Rican vice-minister of foreign relations met Tuesday to discuss ideas on how to further the relationship between both countries. Sergey Ryabkov, Russia deputy minister, and Carlos Roverssi, his Costa Rican counterpart, discussed the … Continue reading →

The Carnaval de Puntarenas, Festival Perla de Pacifico, kicks-off Friday in the Pacific Coast community and will extend for nine days. All events will take place along the beach in Puntarenas. The nine-day festival is free. Carnaval is famous in … Continue reading →

The foreign minster is the person who directs Costa Rica’s cases at the International Court of Justice, so the current minister, Luis Enrique Castillo, took his first trip to the heart of the dispute in extreme northern Costa Rica. He … Continue reading →

Police and judicial agents on the San José-La Fortuna bus detained three men and said they made up a band that preyed on tourists by various means. Two of the men were jailed, but a third, who is the subject … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla Miranda may have tried to cap executive branch salaries, but the legislature and the Poder Judicial have not taken the hint. Casa Presidencial released a copy of the president’s salary decree Tuesday. That is the document that … Continue reading →

As schools begin instruction today, security officials are promising rigid enforcement of drug laws in educational areas. Meanwhile, they are looking to beef up the anti-drug law for people caught in public places children frequent. Celso Gamboa, a vice minister … Continue reading →

Judicial Police detained a 74-year-old man Monday for making bootlegged alcohol in a makeshift cauldron in his house in southern Costa Rica. Agents reported that the man is dedicated to the trade of illegal alcohol, producing and selling roughly 10 … Continue reading →

The government of Panamá and unhappy native residents have reached an accord that ends a week of protests, blockades and bloodshed. The accord opens the way for Costa Rica to lift its ban on land travel to its neighbor to … Continue reading →