Archive for January 29th, 2009
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
A woman arrested with a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit is temporarily off the hook after a judge suspended all reckless driving trials until discrepancies between the newly passed Traffic Law and the country’s Penal Code can be resolved.
David Hernández, a judge in the fast-track court, known as the Tribunal de Flagrancia, says the new law does not specify sufficient criteria, including what and where a person is driving, to judge the event.
Crisan Acuña was arrested at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 1. She allegedly registered a 2.24 blood-alcohol level, well above the 0.75 legal limit, and is charged with reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol. She is free until the courts resolve the matter and can address her case again.
This is the first serious legal challenge to the much-criticized reformed Traffic Law, which was enacted Dec. 23.
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
To face the effects of the world economic crisis on tourism in the country, tourism officials say they have their eyes on Europeans, especially Spanish tourists and as such will be on the hunt for them as a replacement to the dwindling number of American tourists.
The Cámara Nacional de Turismo de Costa Rica (Canatur) announced yesterday that it will take part in the Feria Internacional de Turismo Fitur 2009 being held in Madrid, Spain, beginning today and runs until February 1. (more…)
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
If downtown Limón, on the Caribbean, and Tibás, on the north side of San José, were major U.S. cities, their murder rates would rank right up there with cities like Detroit, Baltimore and Newark.
The Limón canton counted 48 homicides in 2008, jumping 33 percent from the 36 in 2007, giving it a rate of 45.8 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. The canton of Tibás, home to León XIII, one of the country’s most notorious neighborhoods, hit a rate of 39.2.
Downtown San José wasn’t far behind, reaching a rate of 28.
All three numbers are considerably higher than the national homicide rate of 9.6, or even those of the greater Limón and San José provinces at 17.5 and 13.5, respectively. (more…)
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