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The constant battle of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 10, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Article 14 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples states that Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in line with their cultural methods of teaching and learning.” This is one of the goals on the Sustainable Development Agenda for […]

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Consequences of the taxi drivers’ strike

August 10, 2016 by Staff News Writer

78 people under arrest and suspension of concessions have been the consequences of the taxi drivers’ strike. Nails, ski masks and other artifacts were seized by police during the taxi drivers’ public demonstrations on Tuesday. Gustavo Mata, Minister of Public Security, confirmed that the Ministry will not tone down their actions. There are about 78 […]

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Taxi drivers suspend demonstration and announce more blockades

August 10, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Although the demonstration on Tuesday was already suspended, representatives of groups of the red force (taxi drivers) say they will not stop today and announce more blockades in the future. This was confirmed by the leader of the National Taxi Drivers Forum, Gilbert Urena, who said similar movements are to continue today, but next time […]

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Car owners ask car agency for moral damage compensation

August 10, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A group of Hyundai car owners (model Santa Fe) who were called to attend to the  Q Group agency in order to perform reparations for a manufacturing defect in their vehicles, consider that the solution from the car dealer isn´t enough. Approximately 202 vehicles sold in the country had no airbags, prompting the agency to […]

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Traffice Police and minister Villalta reached an agreement

August 10, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Traffic police had organized a public demonstration against Costa Rican president Luis Guillermo Solis, due to the lack of staff. However, after an agreement, the protest will not take place. Homer Alfaro, secretary of the Unión Nacional de Técnicos Profesionales del Tránsito (UNATEPROT), explained that they met with Carlos Villalta, minister of transport, and they […]

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Police officer was brutally attacked by taxi drivers on strike

August 10, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A Public Force officer lost five teeth after being brutally attacked by a group of taxi drivers on strike. Taciano Lemos, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Hospital director, confirmed that the police officer is in a stable condition. His jaw is not broken but he lost several incisors. The doctor explained that, since it was a […]

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