Quince UCR

One hundred years of the cinematic memory of a small country told through motion graphics. A brief tour of previously unseen images and forgotten fragments of Costa Rican cinema, which, amid state efforts and industrial ambitions, prevailed throughout the 20th century.

Where are we in terms of corruption? To understand corruption, we must begin by examining how the state works, its institutional and oversight framework, and what is the Achilles' heel that allows corruption to spread. This way, we can better understand the challenges we face as a country and as citizens so that we can, one day, improve our fight against corruption.

Frenchman Christian Sapsizian, an Alcatel employee, admitted to offering $2.5 million in bribes to executives at the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE). He did so in a Florida court, where he decided to cooperate with authorities. He never named the people involved in the transactions. This episode reviews the events in Costa Rica and Sapsizian's accusations, attempting to piece together a series of events that leave more questions than answers.

The complexity of the Anglo Bank case still confronts those who experienced it firsthand: Was the bank's closure due to technical or political reasons? This episode explores the final months, days, and hours before and after the collapse of the country's oldest bank, remembered as one of the corruption cases that most impacted an entire generation.

A team of journalists from La Nación uncovers the purchase of a mansion by a public official in Santa Ana, revealing a criminal network designed to corrupt officials of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social with the aim of acquiring medical equipment using funds from a Finnish loan.