Carlos Alvarado Valverde, former director of the Coast Guard, former head of the Costa Rican Drug Control Institute (ICD), and respected security analyst, died Thursday at the age of 64. He had been experiencing health complications for about a month and had been hospitalized in Alajuela. Following in the footsteps of his father, Manuel Alvarado, […] The post In Memory of Carlos Alvarado Valverde: A Highly Regarded Authority on Costa Rican Security appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.