According to Foreign Affairs Minister, Manuel González, the government will appoint Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican candidate for the General Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) as ambassador on a special mission to facilitate the promotion of their aspirations abroad. * This was announced after delivering the Paris Agreement, a global initiative against climate change, […]
Evening surgeries in Alajuela Hospital
The long waiting list for surgery is one of the biggest problems San Rafael de Alajuela Hospital still faces. For this reason, they are performing evening surgeries again to provide health care to 27 patients more per week. When we work at night, things are resolved and this must be done with sustainable programs, and […]
Two EBAIS could relieve health care demand in El Guarco
Last week people brought down the doors of EBAIS Parque Industrial, in El Guarco seeking medical attention in a warm and dry location. This particular EBAIS is rumored to give the best quality attention. The authorities know the altercation could have been avoided with two more EBAIS (Equipos Básicos de Atención Integral en Salud) in […]
Court supports reform against terrorism
On July, 06th, the Supreme Court endorsed the legal reform that seeks to criminalize the financing of terrorism. The information was confirmed by legislator Marco Vinicio Redondo, from the party Acción Ciudadana (PAC), who said he was satisfied by the decision. Redondo also said that the reform of the Narcotics Law could be approved on […]
Legislator says INAMU should be called “the Lesbian Institute”
Legislator Óscar López, from the party Accesibilidad sin Exclusión (PASE), said that the National Institute for Women (INAMU) should be called “National Institute of Lesbians.” The legislator made the statement in a speech in which he criticized the entity’s silence on cases of violence by women against men. López also mentioned the case of Gerardo […]
4 foreigners suspected of drug trafficking were arrested in Liberia
The Public Force and the Coast Guard arrested three Guatemalans who were hiding and had left their identity documents in a boat aground on Cabuyal de Nacascolo beach in Liberia, Guanacaste. Public Security authorities found the boat, identity documents from Guatemala and empty fuel containers. At the time, they also arrested a Mexican named Flandes, […]