by Rod Hughes
It was civic fiesta time in the Pacific port city of Puntarenas as they hosted Heredia’s soccer team yesterday, and they had all the bells an whistles— sporting new uniforms, a new name (Puntarenas Futbol Club) and a new logo, a shark. Then Heredia de-finned the club, 2-0, […]
by Rod Hughes
An antiquated article of the Family Code that forbade women to remarry in less than 300 days after their divorce was struck down by the Fourth Chamber of the Supreme Court as being discriminatory against women. The high court noted that men were not subjected to the same […]
by Rod Hughes
In the past months more than 200 Costa Ricans lacking proper documents have been deported from the United States by the Immigration and Nationalization Service, the dreaded “Migra” that is the bane of illegal aliens in that country. Most of them had stamps in their passports that simulated […]
by Rod Hughes
In an unusual move, Costa Rica’s top prosecutor, Francisco Dall’Anese, launched harsh criticism of a Puntarenas judge who released 22 seamen arrested for fishing in the Cocos Island wildlife preserve. “This sets a bad precedent,” said Dall’Anese, “It says to international tuna fishermen that they can come to […]
