By Amanda Roberson, Tico Times Staff
Recent plans by Colombian and Costa Rican authorities to check the criminal records of approximately 10,000 Colombians refugees living in Colombia violate international norms for respecting their rights, said the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sunday in a full-page ad in the daily La Nación.
Upon returning from a visit […]
HONORING Don Pepe: Costa Ricans yesterday celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of three-time President José “Pepe” Figueres (1948-1949, 1953-1958 and 1970-1974) with ceremonies at the José Figueres Ferrer Cultural and Historical Center, in Figueres’ native San Ramón, northwest of San José, and at the Legislative Assembly and the National Theater, in San […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Gas prices are being cut again. The agency that controls prices said Monday that super was going down 14 colons a liter to 499 and that regular was going down 16 colons to 469. There are about 520 colons to the U.S. dollar.
The Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos said […]
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Emergency commission contractors were at work in Palmares Monday clearing away debris from a river and ditches so that any future rainfall will not cause the kind of damage inflicted last week.
The Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias said that similar work was going on in […]
