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Japanese and Costa Rican scientists will launch the first Costa Rican satellite

July 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Japanese scientists are pleased to work with Costa Rican scientists to launch the first domestic satellite. Mengu Cho, Space Engineering Laboratory’s director at Kyushu Institute of Technology (KYUTECH), visited Costa Rica last week to learn about the project developed by representatives of the Central American Association of Aeronautics and Space (ACAE). According to the agreement, […]

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Many believers have started the Romería

July 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

July 25th was a reason for many Virgin Mary’s believers to start the Romería to Basílica Los Ángeles in Cártago. As a result, traffic police intensified its operations in certain parts of the road that connects San José with Vieja Metrópoli in order to protect the pilgrims. Mario Calderón, Traffic director, explained that since July […]

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19,378,000 colones have been invested in Guanacaste’s road system

July 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) has allocated 1,550 million colones per month aimed to maintain and fix Guanacaste’s road system. Between July 2015 and June 2016, Guanacaste received an investment of 19,378,000 colones for maintenance, restoration and improvements of the national road network. Through Roads and Bridges Preservation contracts, a 21-km highway between […]

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PLN warns of possible cronyism in INAMU

July 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Legislator Maureen Clarke, head of the National Liberation Party (PLN), criticized the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Alejandra Mora, for alleged cronyism at the National Institute of Women (INAMU). Clarke said the institution limited the competition for projects between 2014 and 2015 to benefit only women who have participated in the administration of Luis Guillermo Solís. […]

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Authorities seize ton of marijuana in Limón

July 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Authorities from the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) and Coast Guard seized more than a ton of marijuana on July, 26th. This was confirmed by Gustavo Mata, Security Minister, who added that 3 people were arrested, one of them is a Nicaraguan national and the other two are from Costa Rica. According to Mata, they received […]

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LGBT population “hides” to get a job

July 26, 2016 by Staff News Writer

According to a report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Costa Rica, some transnational companies discriminate lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex (LGBTI) applicants in job interviews. Therefore, member of this community are hiding their sexual orientations in order to get a job. Daya Hernández, representative of the Trans population in Costa Rica, said […]

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