For nearly three years, Costa Rica has been committed to develop a technical standard for the regularization of therapeutic abortion, an action that has been regulated for 50 years in the Criminal Code but does not currently have a regulation that rigorously dictates the steps to follow when it’s strictly necessary. The draft of the […]
Mayor tried to ban religious activities in Palmares park
Hugo Rodríguez, mayor of Palmares, banned religious events in the central park of the canton. However, two days later he had to backtrack and suspend the order. The Municipality has amde the decision not to authorize religious events of any kind in the Simón Ruiz Park facilities,” stated Rodríguez in a document sent to Palmares’ […]
Reforming legislative regulation will be a priority in the first year
The lawmakers in the Legislative Assembly began their administration by predicting good things, if one takes into account the negotiations for the creation of a multiparty directory, where there were no major drawbacks. With the beginning of the work, one of the priorities for this first year will be the reforms to the legislative regulation […]
WHO: Nine out of ten people breathe polluted air
In the last six years, the levels of air pollution remained high and more or less stable, with lower concentrations in some regions of Europe and the Americas,” said the WHO in a statement. Nine out of ten people breathe air that contains high levels of pollutants,” says the UN agency, a figure that has […]
Dengue affects more than five thousand Ticos per year
Dengue is one of the diseases with the biggest impacts on Costa Ricans’ health every year. According to data from the Ministry of Health between, 2012 and 2017, there were 106,992 dengue cases, the lowest reported figure was 5,000 cases in 2017. According to Dr. Horacio Chamizo, director of the School of Health Technologies (TS) […]
National Restoration announces that it will defend the right to life
Carlos Avendaño, Head of Restauración Nacional Party, used his first speech to announce a fight without truce against abortion, in defense of the Political Constitution. Avendaño indicated that the Constitution establishes the limits of the authority of the State and recognizes the spheres of individual liberties. Freedom of expression, freedom of movement, personal freedom, freedom […]