President Donald Trump’s decree to temporarily curb the arrival of refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries has been the most controversial moment of his newly inaugurated mandate. The decision provoked an international scandal, especially after more than 100 immigrants and refugees, including several with permanent residence permits in the United States, were detained at […]
Archives for February 1, 2017
CONAVI: “there won’t be bottlenecks when we finish the expansion works”
General Cañas Highway will undergo several changes with San José-San Ramón road expansion project. Law 9292, published in March 2015 in La Gaceta, establishes some aspects that should be included in the expantion, such as 3 lanes per direction between La Sabana and Monumento del Agua. In addition, the road must have 4 lanes per […]
A new month starts with rains and a lot of wind
It is a new month and although it is usually dry conditions, this time there will be a lot of wind and scattered rains in some areas. Particularly for February 1st, windy conditions on the national territory were anticipated, which will continue to be felt in the North Pacific, Central Valley and the country’s mountain […]
Trump’s wall and Mexican patriotism
The nationalism with which Donald Trump wants to build a new border wall has fueled patriotic engines in Mexico, there are government calls for “national unity” and social networking initiatives to boycott American products and raise three-color flags as profile pictures. Under hashtags #TodosSomosMéxico or #MiPaísEsMejorPorque, senior officials, artists and netizens promoted on Twitter a Mexican […]
Damage caused by Hurricane Otto will not prevent education
Twenty-nine schools were affected by Hurricane Otto last November. However, none of them were declared uninhabitable after an analysis carried out by the public universities of the country, so lessons will start normally. Twenty-six of these schools are in Upala, two are in the South zone and one is in Tortuguero de Limón. Our engineers […]
Legislators’ massive absence prevents legislative session
On Tuesday afternoon, legislators’ massive absence prevented the development of the legislative session. The minimum quorum for sitting (38 lawmakers) was broken by the absence of 20 legislators. Nidia Jiménez, Henry Mora and Víctor Morales Zapata, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC), decided to skip the session, aswell as José Ramírez and Suray Carrillo, from […]