A bill that seeks greater rigor in the processes of adoption of minors advances in Congress. The reform of the Family Code – promoted by Enrique Sánchez, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC) – was affirmatively ruled by the Human Rights Commission of the Congress. The project intends to add a paragraph to article 100 […]

Costa Rica ranked number 35 in the EF world ranking of English proficiency. This position does not show variations since 2015, which reflects the little progress the country has had in the matter. According to statistics from the 2017 National Household Survey, in Costa Rica, the hourly wage of workers who have a second language […]

Guanacaste Volunteers planted 120 trees last Saturday to create a biological corridor in Liberia. Jorge Mejía, ecologist and project leader, said that this is the beginning of a planting project that they hope to do every 15 days. We sow them in the eastern part of Liberia, in a neighborhood called Martina Bustos. We have […]

President Carlos Alvarado urged his counterparts in their countries to drive lower arms spending and allocate more resources to fight poverty and improve actions against climate change. This Tuesday, in his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Alvarado told the world leaders that the effects of climate change, inequality, poverty, and in many […]

The digital media Ojo al Clima, from Semanario Universidad, refuted two aspects of the speech if President Carlos Alvarado, this Tuesday at the Climate Action Summit. The media specialized in climate change issues said that two statements of the President in his speech on Tuesday in New York “are not quite true.” The media refuted […]

The head of fraction of the National Restoration Party (PRN), Eduardo Cruickshank, acknowledged that he has doubts about the bill to avoid gay marriage and only allow civil unions, promoted by the Christian Social Unity Party (PUSC) and the independent New Republic block. According to the legislator, he does not know if the initiative would […]