The rightist Iván Duque, political ally of former president Alvaro Uribe, was chosen this Sunday as the new president of Colombia, according to the first results read by the electoral authority with 96,99% of the pools. With 54.07% of the votes, the 41-year-old former senator beat former-guerrilla Gustavo Petro (41.72%) by a large margin in […]
Architect Promotes Creation of Biological Station in Manuel Antonio National Park
Manuel Antonio National Park is a wilderness area with one of the highest number of visits by national and foreign tourists, due to its rich biological resources. However, all its potential for research and tourism has not been exploited in order to reactivate the economy. Therefore, Gustavo Cordero López, an Architecture graduate from Universidad Hispanoamericana, […]
Crocodile in a pool scares people in Guanacaste
A family from Playa Grande de Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, had the scare of their lives when they found a crocodile in a pool on Friday night. According to Guana News, who shared the video, when the tenants gave the alert to the site manager at around 7:00 p.m., at first it was thought that it […]
Garabito says: “No more plastic!”
The canton of Garabito celebrated the month of the environment with the renewal of its commitment to sustainability, since the Municipality signed the agreement promoted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) to reduce the use of single-use plastic. With this agreement, the […]
65 Costa Rican institutions say no to plastic
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) registered 65 public and private institutions that declared themselves as single-use plastic free. This was announced by the Technological Institute of Costa Rica, an entity that has joined the national strategy of Single Use Plastic Replacement. The strategy projects that by 2021, 80% of public institutions, municipalities, and businesses […]
Banned agrochemical was found in drinking water from the North Zone
The surface waters of the North Zone, in places where pineapple crops are concentrated, show a frequent presence of certain pesticides such as bromacil, ametryn, and diuron, despite the fact that these agrochemicals are banned in Costa Rica. In the case of groundwater, the pesticide most frequently detected was bromacil, with higher concentrations than those […]