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Union took operations room in San Juan de Dios Hospital

September 28, 2018 by Staff News Writer

Ileana Balmaceda, Director of San Juan de Dios Hospital, denounced that union officials took over the operations rooms of the medical center, blocking the attention of emergencies. The union took the operations room and this means they are not letting us operate or take care of emergencies, nor are they letting patients with cancer undergo […]

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Strike in the IMAS was declared illegal

September 28, 2018 by Staff News Writer

On Thursday afternoon, the Labor Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José determined that the strike promoted by the National Association of Public Employees (ANEP) in the Joint Institute of Social Assistance (IMAS) is illegal. Judge Rudy Araya Jiménez ruled that the procedure to verify the percentage of minimum support required (a general […]

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Costa Rica refrains from suing Venezuelan president before the International Criminal Court

September 26, 2018 by Staff News Writer

The government of Carlos Alvarado ruled out joining, for now, the group of countries that filed a lawsuit against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro before the International Criminal Court (ICC). On Wednesday, the foreign ministers of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Canada presented a letter stamped by the leaders of their countries requesting the intervention […]

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Economists believe issuing Treasury Bills is an extreme and risky measure

September 26, 2018 by Staff News Writer

The measure announced by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank to attract resources through the so-called Treasury Bills is something extreme and risky and therefore a tool that should not be used more than once, according to experts. Economist Leiner Vargas said that the decision adopted by the administration of Carlos Alvarado is […]

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Central Bank intervenes with $31 million in defense of the exchange rate

September 26, 2018 by Staff News Writer

The Central Bank of Costa Rica intervened in the exchange market on Wednesday by selling $31.15 million to stabilize the exchange rate in the face of an increase in the demand for foreign exchange. According to data from the Foreign Currency Market (MONEX) said amount is equivalent to 95% of the traded total, and the […]

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Unions await news about possible meeting with legislators

September 26, 2018 by Staff News Writer

Frente Amplio legislator José María Villalta talked with his colleagues in the Plenary while representatives of the Union waited for him in his office, located on the second floor of the Sion building. As indicated by the trade union representatives, they wanted Villalta to give them news about a possible meeting with the heads of […]

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