Immigrants at Nicaragua border received help from some hotels and a group of residents organized by Peñaranda family. Claudio Sánchez, Peñaranda family’s young member, explained that they organized themselves on Saturday and on Tuesday, they donated vegetables and other things. The boy said that the biggest reward was immigrants’ appreciation. They are located at the Costa […]
Archives for August 2016
CCSS offers 29 medicines to treat some diseases
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) has included 29 active ingredients and medicines to improve the control and development of diseases such as HIV, whooping cough, hepatitis C and cancer. Albín Chaves, director of epidemiology at the Fund, said that adding new, effective drugs for patients is a challenge because it requires studies to […]
Costa Rica is well armed to fight organized crime
President Luis Guillermo Solís returned from Washington with suitcases full of optimism to keep fighting against organized crime and drug trafficking organizations, thanks to the donation made by the United States: two 110-feet patrol boats and two cargo planes C-45, among other things. The boats, valued at $ 30 million, will arrive in the country […]
MAG is fighting against the stable fly
Authorities from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) have a coordinated approach to control the outbreak of the stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) so neither banana, citrus and pineapple plantations nor the livestock production in Huetar Norte region, the Caribbean and Los Santos are affected. This work is done with authorities from the State Phytosanitary […]
Solís: “I’m concerned about Donald Trump’s chance to win”
For the first time, President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solis expressed his opinion regarding a possible victory of Donald Trump, Republican Party candidate in the American presidential elections. Solís, after leaving a meeting with President Barack Obama, told that he was very concerned because Donald Trump has a chance to win the elections on […]
The progress of the FTA with South Korea is influenced by the Industry’s interests
The main goal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the sixth round of discussions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea is to attain the most favorable access for industrial products into the markets. That could influence the progress and closure of the negotiations. The goods that should have free access are: […]