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Archives for December 12, 2019

Argentina grants refugee status to Evo Morales

December 12, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Bolivian former president Evo Morales arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday as an asylum seeker and will receive refugee status, two days after President Alberto Fernández took office in Argentina. Morales arrived in Buenos Aires from Cuba with total secrecy, along with his former Vice President Álvaro García Linera, former Foreign Minister Diego Pary, former […]

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Presidency orders disciplinary actions against “coffee with gold”

December 12, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The Presidential House ordered the Foreign Ministry to take “disciplinary actions” in the case of the trip approved for Daniel Barquero Rivera to travel for two months to the Arab Emirates. Barquero was sent to Dubai in an “outpost” to prepare the trip that the president, Carlos Alvarado, will make to that country next January. […]

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Why was the Mayor of Limón arrested?

December 12, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The arrest of the mayor of Limón, Néstor Mattis Williams, occurred on Thursday morning by the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) and the Prosecutor’s Office and the Public Ministry began to process a possible request for precautionary measures against the Criminal Court of the Atlantic Zone. Next to him, the engineer of the Municipality of Limón, […]

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Hospital Mexico ran out of blood

December 12, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The blood bank of Hospital México is running out of reserves and has already begun to decrease the amount of blood resources that are provided to patients; for example, if a patient requires six units, only four or five are sent. The situation is so serious that they made an urgent call for blood donations […]

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Board of the CCSS endorses abortion technical standard

December 12, 2019 by Staff News Writer

On Thursday, the Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) endorsed the proposal for a Technical Standard for the medical procedure linked to article 121 of the Criminal Code, the entity’s chief executive, Dr Roman Macaya Hayes. According to Macaya, the Board recommended to the Ministry of Health to assess some […]

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From Friday transit to Cartago will be regulated

December 12, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The demarcation of the Florencio del Castillo highway, which connects San José with Cartago, will begin this Friday. Therefore, there will be regulated transit from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm for a week. The National Road Council (Conavi) will carry out the demarcation with solvent paint of the three sections intervened, so, users are called […]

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U.S. President Orders Navy Task Force to Caribbean to Counter Venezuela Threat

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Legislators approve moratorium for registration of shareholders

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Farmers will march to the Ministry of Agriculture

IMN warns of dangerous UV radiation this Friday

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