The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, gave testimony on Wednesday before a legislative commission investigating a data collection unit that aroused suspicions of having accessed private information from the general public.
The president defended the creation of the Presidential Unit for Data Analysis (UPAD) as a method to formulate public policies based on “science and data.”
“We are not facing a spy unit that was conceived and operated from underground, but rather a responsible, transparent initiative aimed in the best public interest,” Alvarado declared before the commission created to investigate the operation of the UPAD.
The unit unleashed a political controversy when the decree creating it was published in February 2020. Critics argued that the UPAD would have access to confidential information.
Señalado por sus propios asesores, Alvarado rinde cuentas hoy por ser el creador de la UPAD crhoy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from crhoy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Troops thought the snow was colder than usual. The turkey dinner served at noon tasted good, but otherwise there was still watch to be stood, weapons to be cleaned and gloves to be thawed out. – Official Report, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, Malmedy, Belgium - New Year s Eve, 1944
By then, the main Battle of the Bulge had thwarted the German attacks which began Dec. 16, 1944. From defensive foxholes, the 120th, which included Wilmington-area National Guard soldiers fighting since Normandy, noted a quiet front without harassing fire. Vigilance, hunker down, and send patrols to capture prisoners.
“Three hours into the new year two platoons set out across the snow to investigate a strong point in a house 200 yards southwest of the road junction at Baugnez” in no-man’s-land, the report continued. Germans fired on the raiding party. Flanking the enemy through a field southwest of Baugnez, “Some of the men stumbled over uneven humps in the ground.”
Caso UPAD: Estos son los tres presuntos delitos por los que se investiga al presidente Alvarado crhoy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from crhoy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
You Can Find These Surprising Artifacts at the Coast Guard s Museum
The unicorn float enjoys swim call with its shipmates from the USCGC Kimball in August 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard/Coast Guard Kimball)
The U.S. Coast Guard doesn t care whether you consider it a branch of the military or not. It considers itself America s Oldest Maritime Defender and has the artifacts to prove it.
On the official Coast Guard Instagram account, Coasties started to show off some of the most interesting items in the service s New London, Connecticut, museum (which has its own Instagram account), and the results were, frankly, awesome.