A sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) was spared from dying trapped in a fishing net irresponsibly placed by some fishermen in the waters of Golfo Dulce, in the South Pacific of the country. The animal was rescued by officers of the Golfito Coast Guard Station when they were conducting a patrol to prevent drug trafficking and […]
Project aims to improve divorce processes
Legislator Edgardo Araya, from Frente Amplio, propsed a reform to the Family Code that intends to establish the impossibility of living a common life as a cause for divorce. According to the current Family Code, when a person wants to dissolve the marriage bond because they no longer wish to live with their spouse, they […]
People with visual impairment will have access to books
On Monday afternoon, President Luis Guillermo Solís and Chancellor Manuel González signed the Treaty of Marrakech, which will allow visually impaired people to have access to literary material. Costa Rica is the 13th country to sign the treaty, which encourages books, newspapers, magazines, and other similar texts to be produced in formats fit for the […]
Ombudsman opposes electric rate increase
The Ombudsman Office opposes the increase in the electricity rate requested by the National Power and Light Company (CNFL), and for which a public hearing was held last Friday. CNFL requested an average increase in the electricity rates of the distribution service in two stages: the first one contemplates a 26.63% increase on the current […]
More women are visiting the doctor for vaginal-aesthetic procedures
Although it is a taboo subject, more and more women attend medical offices in search of solutions that only aesthetic gynecology can give them. But far from what one might think, these procedures do not only respond to aesthetic or banal issues, but are often necessary in terms of sexual and reproductive health, as explained […]
Panama investigates Costa Rican containers with heart of palm suspected of carrying drugs
The Panamanian authorities analyzed two containers of heart of palm linked to the drug theft in Sarapiquí over the weekend. Last Saturday, the driver of a trailer reported an assault of a truck loaded with palm hearts. The vehicle was located in a farm in Sarapiquí, where an official named Borbón died after reeiving two […]