by Rod Hughes
Is drug trafficking in Costa Rica getting worse? Or are the police getting smarter?
Or are both factors at play?
Whatever, police, both judicial (like the FBI in the United States) and regular cops, have bagged a record 20.3 metric tons of cocaine and 178 suspects so far this year. And 57 of the suspected […]
by Rod Hughes
Schools, the Lion’s Club, senior citizen’s homes—all have been inadvertantly acting illegally since 1998 by organizing raffles even for charity.
This was the legal ruling this week of the Procuria General de la Republica, acting as the government’s attorney.
It all stems from a slight glitch in the law that makes the National Lottery surpreme. […]
by Rod Hughes
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court has prevented the Arias Administration from reassigning Javier Sanchez, ambassador to the Organization of American States, to other duties.
After being notified that he would be relieved of the post July 15, Sanchez filed a recurso de amparo, a writ seeking prevention of the government executing a […]
