Uber entered Costa Rica without knocking. That was enough to revolutionize the already hectic transport service. On August 21st, 2015, the application, from California, USA, started operations in Costa Rica and to date no one has been able to turn it off, but that does not mean that it hasn’t been amidst controversy. Among taxi […]
Archives for August 2016
Central America faces major challenges in pharmacovigilance
Many of the medicines consumed nowadays produce adverse side effects, and this is precisely the phenomenon under pharmacovigilance’s responsibility. A new study by the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and Roche pharmaceutical concludes that there are major challenges in this area in Central America. For example, of the 26 countries of Central America and the […]
Mata Redonda: Guanacaste’s green paradise
In the wide plains of Guanacaste there is a hidden paradise: Mata Redonda National Wildlife Refuge, located in the Tempisque Conservation Area. Wetlands that comprise it supply agricultural activities in the area. The product of climate change and declining water mirrors, made the Costa Rica por Siempre Association seek alternatives to maintain these natural areas […]
Weapons found in former Salvadorian president Mauricio Funes’ home
Former President Mauricio Funes’ home was raided and the Salvadoran attorney found weapons that will serve as evidence in the investigation for alleged corruption. Funes considered it a “show” because, according to him, the agency has not found any evidence of the alleged crimes for which he is under invesgation. However, prosecutor Amaya indicated that […]
A different morning for 115 homeless people in San José
115 homeless people who use the streets of downtown San José as their home had a very particular morning on Saturday. They woke up and, unlike other days, there was breakfast, clean clothes and even a doctor waiting for them, thanks to the work of 35 officials from Coopecaja. We even had second helpings” said […]
Newborn, endangered shark was for sell in the streets
Apparently, the newborn hammerhead shark was taken from its mother’s womb. Still, a peddler put it for sell in the capital’s streets. The subject was addressed on Friday by staff of the Municipal Police of San José and the Costa Rican Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture (INCOPESCA). The man was among the four arrested for […]