The government of Daniel Ortega faced roadblocks and strong protests on Saturday, while the army and the episcopate press for a dialogue to end the crisis that left 51 dead in less than a month in Nicaragua. The armed forces issued a statement in which they called to stop the violence, while they expressed their […]
Texas Tech University inaugurated campus in Costa Rica
Texas Tech University (TTU) inaugurated its first campus outside the United States this week and it’s located in Escazú. The university is expected to begin lessons in August with five majors: Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Restaurant and Hotel Management. We are very pleased to open the first international campus of Texas […]
International Folklore Festival will open with gala of 12 countries
The VIII International Festival of Couple’s Dance (Danzpare) will have an opening gala in San José with the expressions of Latin American dance partners as well as guests from Russia and the Middle East. Danzpare is a program of the Association of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts of Costa Rica “Folk International Group” and the […]
Nicaraguan Army says it will not repress the population
Since Saturday, the Nicaraguan Army keeps its distance from President Daniel Ortega, saying that it “will not repress” the population that is demonstrating against the government. We believe that dialogue is the solution” to solve the current crisis, said Army spokesman Colonel Manuel Guevara, about the widespread demonstrations and roadblocks that plunged the country into […]
New Congress votes in favor of sanctioning legislators for lack of probity
In one of its first readings, the new legislators advanced with the constitutional reform that will allow to sanction to the legislators for lack of probity. With 54 votes in favor, the congressmen approved in the first reading of the second legislature the initiative that tries to remove the credentials to legislators that incur in […]
Three companies compete to bring free Wi-Fi to 500 areas of the country
The companies Coopeguanacaste, Telecable, and the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) compete for the allocation of resources of the Public Connected Spaces program of the National Telecommunications Fund (FONATEL) to develop the Public Connected Spaces program that brings free Wi-Fi to 515 areas throughout the country. The participation of ICE is part of a […]