Jumping ahead of former Vice President Joe Biden – Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders – a self-described Democratic Socialist has officially entered the 2020 presidential race in hopes of unseating President Donald Trump. Sanders, 77, if elected would be 79-years-ago upon taking office Jan. 20, 2021. News reports say other mainstream Democrats urged Sanders not to run in 2020, but as usual this rogue ...

Finally a new U.S. Attorney General – William Barr -- was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday Feb 14th and within hours he was sworn in by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts in an Oval Office ceremony with President Donald Trump looking on. He replaces former Attorney General Jeff Sessions who was fired last year by President Trump. Barr, 68, a Republican, previously served as Deputy Attorney...

The United States Congress approved $40.7 million to be given to Costa Rica to battle organized crime during 2019, informed the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This amount represents an increase of 33% over last year’s aid; this increase obeys to the good results obtained by the Ministry of Public Security and the different police bodies in the country in their battle against drug tr...

Good job Virginia! You can’t make this stuff up. All of a sudden the state’s three top elected officials are knee deep in the alligator pit with all eyes watching as swampy Democrats try to devour each other with fake hate. First came the outrage from the comments Gov. Rob Northum made about his support of late-term abortions. Many called for him to resign. He refused. Then came his 1985 medica...

Reaction to President Donald Trump’s second State of the Union speech has been swift. In a surprising ‘instant poll’ of speech watchers conducted by mainstream media giant CBS News 76-percent of viewers approved of what they heard in the president’s speech while 72-percent said they approved of the president’s ideas for immigration reform. This CBS News poll should wake up the obstructionist De...

The Democratic Party is dead. It was aborted this past week in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) signed into law the country’s most permissive, most liberal and the most disgusting pro-choice abortion ruling -- passed by the New York State Senate -- allowing full, third-trimester abortions right up to the time of natural birth if the mother chooses death over life for her child. Reaction to Ne...

The Costa Rica National Soccer Team will face the United States Male National Team on a friendly match scheduled for this Saturday, February 2, 2019 in California. This will be the first match for La Sele under the direction of new head coach Gustavo Matosas, who called on several new faces for the upcoming friendly games, Matosas affirmed he saw “speed and slyness” in the young players, chara...

The governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, declared sanitary emergency state due to a measles outbreak that has affected some 30 people since the beginning of the year. Costa Rican health authorities insist on vaccination campaign for children under 10 years of age. Inslee, explained through a press release that Washington has a very low vaccination rates and therefore there is an “extreme risk t...

Hate! It’s all the rage these days. Blind political hate mixed with fake news – a recipe for disaster. Take for example the mainstream media’s blow out last week concerning a bunch of Catholic high school kids from Kentucky attending a school trip to Washington to take part in the ‘March for Life’ in opposition to current abortion laws. These students from Covington Catholic High School had a p...

Earlier Wednesday, January 23, 2019, President Donald Trump, recognized the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, as the Interim President of Venezuela and affirmed he will be using the weight of the United States economic and diplomatic power ¨to press for the restoration of Venezuelan democracy¨. ¨Today, I am officially recognizing the President of the Venezuelan Nationa...

Washington’s Democrats are backed up in a corner with nowhere to go, no escape and no Plan B. It’s kinda like a NASCAR race – all the democratic driver’s know how to do is turn left – far-far left to a foreign land far, far away from the real America. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) continues to say “no” to any border wall funding let alone the $5.7-billion requested by President Donal...

The political play of last week goes to President Donald Trump for yanking military airplane privileges for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and 30 other Democrats for a planned one-week junket to Belgium, Egypt and Afghanistan while the USA’s government remains in partial shutdown mode. Pelosi and the others learned of the flight cancellation one-hour before takeoff leaving them stunned, flus...

Mainstream media has become the ‘enemy of the people’ as they collude with the Democrats in Washington, DC to continue their war upon the Trump Administration in ways that are impossible to deny. Many are saying that honest, fair and unbiased journalism is dead and they are right. Media studies continue to show that media coverage of the Trump Administration remains at 92-percent negative. Othe...

There is only one correct way to remove President Donald Trump from office and that’s at the ballot box in November 2020. If he loses, he loses and goes home to his billionaire life. If he wins again, he’s your president until Jan. 20, 2025. All this idyll talk of impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives with removal from office by the U.S. Senate is pure and utter nonsense. This outcom...

The numbers are staggering and hard to comprehend. During fiscal-year 2018 some 521,000 illegal immigrants were arrested between ports-of-entry all along the Mexico-USA border from California to Texas. That figure averages out to 43,416 arrests per month or 1,427 arrests per day, according to figures released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Add to that figure another 123,228 arrest...

Officers of the Costa Rican Border Police detained a man this Friday, January 4 in the area of Puerto Jiménez, Golfito, Puntarenas, during a routine operation carried out in the area. Authorities approached the man of last name Mohns and realized he had an irregular migratory condition. As they coordinated actions with the United States authorities, they realized that the man had two pending a...

On January 1st 2019, The Municipal Band of Acosta participated in the 130th edition of the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, representing Costa Rica and Latin America since it was the only music band in this region that took part in the event. With a combination of traditional Costa Rican music and dance the band represented the country and received the cheers of the audience. “This is a ...

At least we got past Christmas and celebrated again the birth of the baby that changed everything – the one and only King Lord Jesus Christ God Almighty. Armed with faith we shall venture into the future without fear. In this era of extreme soap-opera politics on national TV news and social media, those President Donald Trump haters -- who claim to be Christian -- should change their ways with ...

Harper College Associate Biology Professor Craig Stettner died on Christmas day while on a family vacation in Costa Rica. Stettner had arrived in Costa Rica a few days before he was to lead a Study-Abroad Course for Harper students from January 3-13, doing field research in the Costa Rican Rainforest. Stettner had conducted this very popular course for Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, for the...

A U.S. tourist who was aboard the sailboat Panache in front of Danta beach in Flamingo, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, received assistance from the Costa Rican National Coast Guard Service which answered an emergency call from the captain of the boat indicating that the tourist was suffering from a strong chest ache. The man, identified as Chandu Chandhari, 77 years old, was transferred to the Coast G...

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States will hold a special meeting on Thursday, December 27, at 10:00 EST (15:00 GMT) in Simón Bolívar Hall at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC to consider the situation in Nicaragua. ¨Our country will preside over the meeting of the OAS through its Permanent Representative, Ambassador, Montserrat Solano Carboni, and will raise its voice t...

In 13-minutes of raw live TV broadcast to the world direct from the Oval Office President Donald Trump put the southern border wall controversy on the offense pushing Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer up against the ropes. Yes sir ree -- it was quite a sight to see – the Donald, Nancy and Chucky show. The fallout is gaining speed. At stake is a potential partial United States federal government sh...

Let’s start out this political-opinion column with a challenge. The last column in this space, like many others in the past, has generated a sizable number of comments and replies from readers of The Costa Rica Star. The record to date is over 65 comments and replies on a single column. These comments overtime have been overwhelmingly negative toward the right-of-center writer who – by the way -- ...

Staff changes at the White House, reorganizing the Republican National Committee and Make America Great Again Campaign 2020 taking shape are signs that President Donald Trump is in full-steam-ahead mode to win a second term as President of the United States. The Trump Train is putting the pedal to the metal. President Trump announced last week that White House Chief-of-Staff Gen. John Kelly aft...

2018 will be remembered for three major funerals and their affects will be far reaching. The real America, the real United States of America was on full display – day-after-day on national/worldwide news -- to give respectful farewells to legendary Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, steadfast First Lady Barbara Bush and now the consummate gentleman-statesman President George H.W. Bush. All three...

Air Force One -- back from the G20 Summit of world leaders – arrived Monday October 3rd to Ellison Field near Houston to pick up the body of former President George H.W. Bush died Friday November 30th at his home in Houston surrounded by family and friends. He was 94. Soon after the 41st president passed away it was announced by the White House that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania...

There is a strong effort underway in the British parliament to remove Prime Minister Theresa May from office and then conduct a second referendum vote on the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? The British people already voted last year to exit the EU, but the pro-EU forces cannot accept the vote and they are fighting tooth and nail to remain in the EU despite th...

Remember all those Democrats running for the U.S. Congress during the recent midterm election that promised again and again they would not support Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to once again serve as Speaker of the House? Now that a sudden dose of reality has set in most of them have turned tail and now say they will support the 78-year-old Pelosi who has been a liberal California Democrat for decades....

In the wake of California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire in that state’s recorded history, political enemies joined hands  as President Donald Trump toured areas in and around Paradise, Ca. – a town of 27,000 residents – that was burnt to a crisp. Homes, businesses, government buildings, fire and police stations, churches, hospitals and schools were all gone with the scorching hot winds...

The United States announced economic sanctions against Nicaragua’s Vice-President and First Lady, Rosario Murillo and President Ortega’s National Security Adviser, Nestor Moncada Lau, for “engaging in rampant corruption, dismantling of democratic institutions, serious human rights abuse, and exploitation of the people and public resources of Nicaragua for private gain”, states the press release. ...

A small group of Hondurans living in Costa Rica gathered in front of the US Embassy the evening of Wednesday, November 21 to demonstrate their support to their countrymen who are part of the migrant caravan that intend to enter the United States. The group is formed by close to 30 people gathered in a peaceful manner. Police officers and security of the US embassy are also present to ensure ...

Predictably the day after the midterm election President Donald Trump issued walking papers to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions who had become virtually useless after his surprise recusal soon after he took the oath of office. Sessions removed himself from anything related to his participation in the president’s 2016 campaign including Russia/Trump collusion and Hillary Clinton’s numberless leg...

Diversity won at the midterms. More women – conservative and liberal -- will serve in the U.S. Congress than ever before. The results show there will be more ethnic representation in Congress than ever before. There will be less ‘old white men’ running the legislative branch of government than ever before. That’s really the big takeaway from Tuesday’s national midterm election. For the next two ye...

November 1st The Costa Rican Judiciary Police (OIJ) announced the arrest of two men suspected of being responsible of a death threat made to the US ambassador Sharon Day. According to the information provided, this investigation began back in September 7, 2017, when the FBI received an email with threats directed to the US ambassador to Costa Rica. The email was received in an open line meant t...

Just as soon as you’d think the midterm election couldn’t get more controversial – wham – ending birthright citizenship gets thrown on the table with a loud echoing thud. This debate over birthright citizenship goes right to the heart of the immigration problems now being encountered at the southern border of USA and Mexico. In an absolute classic -- President Donald Trump move – he’s taking ai...

Let’s start something big -- Pam Bondi for U.S. Attorney General – to replace the more than likely out going U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. There’s been a lot of speculation about who President Donald Trump might nominate for U.S. Senate confirmation to head the U.S. Department of Justice after Sessions bows out with a resignation or gets fired but his demise will happen shortly after the mi...

A second caravan of Central Americans – mostly Hondurans – is headed for the Mexico/USA border in an apparent staged confrontation to occur just before the 2018 midterm election Nov. 6. Mexico should stop them all at their southern border with Guatemala and keep them from entering Mexico and prevent this purely political display from happening. This new caravan is the second border showdown thi...

Everywhere you look there’s President Donald Trump packing them in at rally after rally, TV news interviews one after another and touring Hurricane Michael damages in Florida with First Lady Melania Trump who also just did a revealing and rare TV interview with ABC news. Why all the visibility? The national midterm election is only three weeks down the road. Early voting is under way in many st...

The Municipal Band Café Tarrazú (Tarrazu Coffee) of Zona de los Santos represented Costa Rica this Sunday, October 14 in the Hispanic Day Parade in New York City. The band is made up of 120 members, most of them from the communities of León Cortés, Dota and Tarrazú, areas known for the high quality of their coffee. The group walked the Fifth Avenue of NYC for two hours playing traditional Costa...

For political junkies the next four weeks will be like riding on an amusement park roller coaster. Across the USA there are way too-many-too-close-to-call elections for governors, senators and representatives, state houses, county offices, local town councils and referendums. It’s all coming up on Nov.6 – the 2018 national midterm election. Undoubtedly -- there will be upsets, surprises and jaw...