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Archives for September 2016

An amendment aims to facilitate the process of adopting a person of legal age

September 28, 2016 by Staff News Writer

An amendment to the Family Code, submitted to the legislative, aims to facilitate the process of adopting a person of legal age. The initiative was presented by legislator Emilia Molina, former head of Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC). The project would amend Article 106 of the Family Code with the purpose of reducing the age difference […]

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Nicaragua claims to have hydrocarbons in its Pacific coast

September 28, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The Government of Nicaragua announced that there is a “great possibility” of having hydrocarbons in its Pacific coast after a meeting with Statoil, a Norwegian oil company which is conducting the research. Geological, geophysical and geochemical studies have been carried out in the Pacific and they indicate that there is a great possibility of finding […]

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Migrants will be in a provisional care center at Guanacaste

September 28, 2016 by Staff News Writer

750 migrants located in Peñas Blancas will provisionally move to a care center in Santa Cecilia de La Cruz, Guanacaste. According to the government’s announcement, the relocation of these people started yesterday afternoon. A group of 50 migrants will firstly move to the center. Gradually, the other migrants will be relocated. The place will have 25 […]

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Solís: “peace in Colombia will benefit the entire continent”

September 28, 2016 by Staff News Writer

President Luis Guillermo Solís declared that the peace deal signed by the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) will benefit the entire continent. Solís and Foreign Minister Manuel González were in Cartagena on Monday, where the peace deal was signed. Costa Rica thinks it is an opportunity to build a hemisphere of peace. […]

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A bill to fine people who have mosquito breeding sites hasn’t been read

September 28, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A bill aims to punish those who have aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus mosquito breeding sites. However, the bill hasn’t been read in the Legislature. The bill was presented on November 10th, 2014, when the first Zika outbreak hadn’t taken place around the world. The initiative establishes fines that go from 42,000 to 212,000 colones. […]

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Authorities think that it is better to amend the Animal Welfare Law

September 28, 2016 by Staff News Writer

During his electoral campaign, president Luis Guillermo Solís focused on an Animal Welfare Law. However, it faced a setback when the Fourth Chamber declared it was unconstitutional. Under these circumstances, the Executive preferred not to say much, although authorities consider that the best thing to do is to amend the articles so the law can […]

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