Daily Archives: February 21, 2012

Fuerza Pública officers say they stopped a vehicle on Ruta 32 because the driver had sacks stacked on the rear seat and because the Land Cruiser had a strong smell of marijuana. The result was the confiscation of 243 kilos … Continue reading →

Fuerza Pública officials said that their officers detained 300 persons as of Sunday during the Festejos de Puntarenas or Puntarenas carnival. Some 157 persons were detained for drug possession, said Juan José Andrade, director general of the police agency. Officers … Continue reading →

The Pacific waters have been dangerous for at least three persons visiting them in the month of February. So far, one Costa Rican drowned while swimming, an Englishman had a heart attack while snorkeling and an American returned to his … Continue reading →

Earthquake experts have characterized the flurry of quakes off shore in the Pacific as normal. That was the consensus after a meeting of emergency and technical experts Monday. The national emergency commission called the meeting. The area some 30 to … Continue reading →

Two U.S. 13 years olds have successfully conducted a soccer cleat drive to put the appropriate footwear on the feet of young athletes in Jacó. The youngsters are Christopher Skurka and Nicholas Oviedo-Torres, both from Long Island, New York. Young … Continue reading →

President Laura Chinchilla appears to have compromised with her hard line on public employee salaries. Labor leaders met with her for six hours Monday. The president was trying to deflect the threat of a general strike. Among other stipulations was … Continue reading →

Police in the rural region near Buenos Aires are awaiting and hoping for peaceful resolution to a conflict between native protestors occupying a schoolhouse and angry residents demanding their removal. About 60 of the native people have been occupying a … Continue reading →

The U.S. Embassy has again put items up for auction, and the pick of the litter appears to be a refrigerated wine storage rack with an initial bid of 5,000 colons. Someone already had offered 11,000 colons. Periodically the embassy … Continue reading →

Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em because soon you will not be able to do so. In public, that is. The legislature suspended discussion of the president’s proposed new taxes Monday to discuss and vote on an anti-tobacco law. The … Continue reading →