U.N. Women’s 2015-2016 annual report highlights the gender-wage gap and explains that it would take about 70 years to eliminate it around the world. Alice Shackelford, U.N. resident coordinator in Costa Rica, explained that in order to reduce that gap in a 50-year period, specific measures must be applied in state and private enterprises. The […]
Archives for July 2016
Terrorists and drug cartels keep their money in the United States!
According to the Treasury Department terrorist groups and drug cartels use U.S. companies created to hide and launder their money. Every terrorist threat we track, either from foreign terrorists, drug cartels, sanctioned regimes or hackers, our investigations always run into U.S. shell companies used to hide or transfer the money,” said Adam Szubin, head of […]
Government wants solution for migrants
Communications Minister, Mauricio Herrera, said they are looking for international action to minimize the effects of the increasing number of African migrants in the country. According to Herrera, this situation is complex, new and different from what happened with the Cubans, because they had identity documents and if there was a law allowing to send […]
Costa Rica is concerned despite Russian explanation
On July 11th, Russian authorities explained that selling their war tanks to Nicaragua is not an attempt to destabilize the region. However, criticism is, according to Russian authorities, a way to influence the upcoming elections. Despite Russia’s “explanation”, Costa Rica is concerned about president Daniel Ortega’s policies. Costa Rican authorities have said that they respect […]
National Yoga Festival
The eighth National Yoga Festival will be celebrated on July, 30th and July, 31st. The activities will begin at 9 am and will last until 9 pm at the Lebanese House in Paseo Colón. Attendees will enjoy a variety of yoga classes, a fair of products for yoga practice, artistic performances and concerts. The festival […]
Little girl helped Duke
Duke is recovering from a brutal attack: a person slashed its snout with a machete. However, the dog received a moving visit. A 7-year-old girl named Lucía, arrived to the vet center where Duke is being looked after. She was crying and donated all her savings to help the puppy. We have received hundreds of […]