The group Juventudes Unidas (United Youth Alliance) announced they will fight to explicitly include equal marriage in the next government plan to be presented by the Citizen Action Party (PAC) to compete in the 2018 National Elections. The group claimed that this public commitment is made to demonstrate a clear position on a subject on […]
Power failure, the main cause of fires in the country
Failures in the power system and the poor conditions of different appliances are the main causes of 42% of fires in the country. As confirmed by Alex Solís, head of the Prevention and Investigation Unit of the Fire Department, the most common failures have to do with facilities in poor conditions, overload and deterioration of […]
She left Río competition for her friend
I decided to quit to protect him. My partner, my friend, the horse that has always given me everything throughout his life, did not deserve me to jeopardize his health.” Those were the words used by the rider Adelinde Cornelissen to explain why she decided to quit the competition in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. […]
OVSICORI officials had to be rescued
Officials from the Guanacaste Conservation Area (ACG) and the Red Cross are on their way to rescue two officials from the Vulcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica National University (OVSICORI-A), who reported having health problems at Las Pailas, North of Liberia. Alejandro Masis, director of ACG, explained that the officials were located, but could […]
Olympic medalists come together for a good cause: animal rescue
Besides being sports stars, many athletes, including Olympic medalists, have something else in common: their participation in the campaign called Vaciar los albergues (Empty the Shelters), through which 20,000 pets have found a home. Río medalists in 2016, such as Simone Biles, Ryan Lochte, Katie Ledecky, Michael Phelps and other elite athletes, managed to be […]
Direct employment in free zones increased 5% in 2015
The number of direct jobs generated by companies in free zones during the last year grew by 5%, reaching 82,000 direct jobs and 43,000 indirect jobs. Currently, there are 331 companies in this regime dedicated to the commercialization of goods and services, while staying in the country. Some of them have been operating in Costa […]