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Costa Rican authorities deport 16 foreigners

August 16, 2019 by Staff News Writer

A foreigner of Nicaraguan nationality nameed Ramírez Guzmán was expelled from the country on Thursday after serving a sentence for the crime of sexual abuse against a minor. Ramírez, 27, got his permanent resident immigration category canceled and was prevented from entering the country for a period of 25 years, as indicated in article 187 […]

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July was the hottest month recorded in the world

August 16, 2019 by Staff News Writer

July 2019 temperatures were the highest in the world since registration, said the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday, confirming earlier observations of the European Union. Much of the planet suffocated with unprecedented heat in July, when temperatures rose in the hottest month ever recorded. Record heat also reduced Arctic and Antarctic […]

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More than 70 trees were planted in wildlife refuge

August 16, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Thanks to a group of volunteers and organizations, La Marta wildlife refuge, located in Pejibaye de Jiménez, Cartago, managed to advance the forest recovery, with more than 70 trees, planted during the weekend. We have undergone major transformations due to climate change, which can be seen in situations such as the reduction of the water […]

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Camera records jaguar teaching her young to fight for their lives

August 16, 2019 by Staff News Writer

A video captured the moment when a jaguar named María was teaching her two young to fight for their lives in the Dry Forest of Guanacaste. The post was shared on Facebook, on the Jaguar Program of the National University profile, to celebrate Mother’s Day. According to the publication of the university program, María is […]

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Unforgivable! Endangered species used to make spurs

August 14, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Three men named Ruiz Ríos, Junez Juarez, and Ruiz González were arrested by Border Police officers on Guanacaste, since they were carrying seven fighting cocks and 98 spurs made from the scales of the shell of The hawksbill turtle. The information was released by the Guanacaste Conservation Area, which indicated that biologist Maike Heidemeyer, coordinator […]

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President of the CCSS: “We would have preferred only one decree”

August 14, 2019 by Staff News Writer

The authorities of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) showed that the decision of the central government to issue a decree that established “new” conditions on annuities was the trigger for the strike. It is a complex situation, obviously we would have preferred that there was only one decree, but we do not have […]

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