A 3.6 earthquake was felt at 9:53 p.m. on Monday, August 8th. The report from OVSICORI indicates that the movement was centered 12.7 km west of Cerro de la Muerte, in San Isidro del General. The quake was reported at a depth of 16 kilometers and was felt in Santa María, Dota, San José, Paraíso, […]
Archives for August 2016
Animal welfare associations are fed up
Costa Rican, animal welfare associations state that legislators are taking too much time to pass the bill against animal abuse. Therefore, they warn that on August 31st they will demand the Supreme Electoral Court to convene a referendum. To make that possible, they need the support of 5% of the electoral roll, it means, 161,000 Costa […]
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras face the maras
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras seek to create a security policy to fight violent gangs, called maras, one of the main reasons for the violence affecting these countries, according to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández. The president visited the Guatemalan capital on Friday for a private meeting with his counterpart Jimmy Morales. I have talked […]
There is a new tool to diagnose and treat cancer
Doctors in Costa Rica have a new tool for cancer’s diagnosis and comprehensive treatment. Oncodeep is a comprehensive diagnostic test that was developed in Europe, which is now available in Central America and Costa Rica. It helps oncologists to better deal with the desease because a biopsy is performed in the patient. The tool was […]
Central American deficits are becoming unsustainable
The excess of public expenses over income tax is bringing fiscal deficits of the Central American countries to conditions that may become unsustainable. The most worrying situations are faced by El Salvador and Honduras, but Costa Rica and Guatemala are also in danger because of their difficulties in exercising proper tax collection. Nicaragua and Panama […]
Pregnant women received their kits!
On Friday, pregnant women from 23 cantons of Costa Rica, where most cases of zika have been reported, received their kits in order to avoid Aedes aegypti’s bite, which causes the virus. Kits were promised by the Ministry of Health two months ago. The delivery was made in Jacó, one of the most affected areas. […]