The Criminal Court of the Second Judicial Circuit scheduled the trial of four doctors from the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) and an employer of Greek origin for allegedly contacting poor people to illegally extract their organs. This was confirmed by the Public Ministry, which presented the accusation against the doctors at the end […]

Costa Rica would again be the scene of a medical research that seeks to prove that it would not take more than a dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect women from cervical cancer. There are more than 150 types of this virus, although not all affect the humans. HPV strains 16 and […]

At first glance the eruptions of the Poás and Turrialba volcanoes look different. While the plume from the colossus of Cartago looks gray, that of its alajuelense pair is rather white. Both, of course, are large. Are these eruptions different? The press spoke with the National Emergency Commission geologist Blas Sánchez, who explained some similarities […]

Australia, Spain, Ghana, Guatemala, Israel, South Africa and Venezuela are the countries that could support Mexico in the trade litigation initiated against Costa Rica by the World Trade Organization (WTO). All these countries would act as interested third parties, since they are in the list of countries that cannot export fresh avocados to Costa Rica, […]

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) convened a public hearing to discuss the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Transsexual, Bisexual and Intersexual (LGTBI) population, after Costa Rica requested it in 2016. It will be held on May 16th and 17th in San José and it will help countries, organizations and institutions to present their […]