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Archives for January 2019

Volunteers collected 174 kilos of garbage in Tamarindo

January 9, 2019 by Staff News Writer

On January 1st, a photograph showing the state of Tamarindo after the New Year’s Eve party went viral. Many users criticized and pointed out those responsible, but a group of volunteers from the 5minutebeachcleanup Foundation decided to clean up, thus giving a true example to the whole country. Plastic bottles, lids, cans, and cigarettes were […]

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Irazú‘s vegetation welcomed a new day covered in ice

January 9, 2019 by Staff News Writer

On Tuesday, Irazú Volcano welcomed the morning hours covered in ice. The images are surprising and were taken by the young Yirlania Granados, who works in a local store and said that the temperature dropped a lot and was very cold. Rebeca Morera, meteorologist at the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), reported that in that area […]

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MOPT has two more weeks to present project to regulate Uber

January 8, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The Economic Affairs Committee decided to grant a new extension to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) to present a bill that includes the regulation of digital transport platforms such as Uber. Rodolfo Méndez had requested 20 working days to deliver the document; however, legislators decided to extend the deadline only for 10 […]

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Minister of Communication and Minister of Human Development resigned

January 8, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Juan Carlos Mendoza and María Fullmen Salazar resigned on Tuesday. Mendoza had served as Minister of Communication since the beginning of this administration and Salazar was in charge of the Ministry of Human Development and Social Inclusion. Mendoza will now be replaced by Nancy Marín, who until today served as Deputy Minister of Social Dialogue. […]

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Government finally has a new chancellor!

January 8, 2019 by Staff News Writer

After eight months of being subjected to constant wear and tear by illegal appointments and accusations of political patronage at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs-which led to the resignation of Epsy Campbell on December 11th-, the government finally presented a new chancellor. After the session of the Government Council on Tuesday, President Carlos Alvarado presented […]

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San José will fight street harassment

January 8, 2019 by Staff News Writer

San José will fight against street harassment. This was announced by the Municipality to present a campaign that consists of messages recorded on video, in which men are urged not to make “compliments”, whistle or give harassing looks towards women in public spaces and streets. In fact, only in November the Public Force arrested more […]

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