Plan Equates Gay Couples With Rights of Heterosexuals
A new bill aims that gay couples in the country enjoy the same rights as heterosexuals, as social security, conjugal visits, inheritance and shared credit for housing. The initiative is progressing smoothly on the Human Rights Commission, which has fiv…
Young Man Killed in Pavas
Several unknown men killed Jose David Perez Vasquez, 25 years old, this morning in Pueblo Nuevo de Pavas. According to the preliminary report of the Judicial Investigation Organization, several friends (not detailed how many) were with him at 12:30 a. …
Fleeing Car Thieves Crash Car
Hitting a tree prevented two men riding in a car, apparently stolen, escape from the police. Due to excessive speed, the vehicle struck a tree. The mishap occurred about 400 meters west of the Clinica Biblica in San Jose, about 11 a. m. According to Jo…
Chinchilla To Go Discreetly To The 70th Anniversary Of The CCSS
The President of the Republic, Laura Chinchilla, will participate tomorrow in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Social Security Fund (CCSS), she will give a speech and then will leave without given statements to the press. This was announced ye…
Orion Vs. Perez Zeledon Game Cancel Due to Road Closure
The match between Orion and Perez Zeledon, scheduled for today at 11 a.m., was suspended because the bus they were traveling suffered a mechanical failure on Dominical. After the breakdown, the arriving to the stadium Municipal Perez Zeledon got compli…
Warden Herrera Goes Before the Court
Sober, dressed in a blue business suit and with his personal agenda in hand, the director of La Reforma, Ronald Herrera, was presented for second time, yesterday, before the Court of flagrante delicto, in Goicoechea, after being arrested Monday while i…
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- My Readers Write – More Questions about Costa Rica October 10, 2011Hi to my faithful readers. Here is yet another addition of “My Readers Write” In this post you will find both emails and comments asking me questions are generally not covered in The REAL Costa Rica or this Blog…. or maybe they are answered, but there is some other twist that I think might be […]
- Applying for a Tourist Visa to the USA September 29, 2011I have had a few emails from readers asking how hard it is for a Costa Rica citizen to get a US tourist. Spouses of North Americans are specifically concerned with this. A Costa Rica citizen applying for a tourist visa to the USA may find the road a bit difficult. My wife just received […]
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- Police in Limon Bust Man With 243 Kilos of High Grade MarijuanaA shipment of 243 kilos of marijuana compressed – the variety known as “High Red”, was seized by the security forces in Limon. According to police reports, it is a highly addictive drug cultivated in a South American country. The marijuana was transported in a Land Cruiser. The agents were checking the cars traveling on […]
- Drug Ring Busted in CartagoFour women were leaders of a drug ring that controlled the sale of crack and marijuana in Three Rivers and Concepcion areas in the province of Cartago. Agents of the Drug Control Police (PCD) were watching the woman for several weeks and this morning the executed search warrants. During the operation they found 227 doses […]