Hurricane Otto’s destructive power in national territory puts the government in a predicament, since it must now find resources to start the reconstruction of infrastructure and fund social welfare programs. In order to carry out these tasks, there are several mechanisms that can be used, without the Executive having to resort to greater debts. According […]
Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz delivered a very emotional, touching message to former president Monge
Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz sent an emotional message to former president Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez, who died on November 29th. Chang-Diaz made his first space mission in January, 1986 aboard Columbia space shuttle, when Monge was president of the Republic. On December 3rd, the astronaut attended the ceremony in which the ashes of the […]
Mosquitoes don’t like cold weather
According to the Ministry of Health, new cases of zika, dengue and chikungunya tend to be less in recent weeks. The atypical year was 2015, because it started very well and ended very bad. Historically. during these weeks of the year, cases decrease, it is normal since it is the cold season, explained Rodrigo Marín, […]
Migrants were were evacuated from care centers during hurricane Otto’s emergency
Over a thousand migrants in Costa Rica, located in the South Zone and the North, were evacuated from care centers during Hurricane Otto. A red alert was decreed in the canton of La Cruz, in Guanacaste. Migrants were allocated in a school in La Cruz. In addition, each camp was taken down and the tents […]
Thousands of poor people live in rooming houses, shacks and squitting houses
In Costa Rica, there are about 2,000 rooming houses, more than 2,500 shacks and hundreds of people living in about 394 squatting houses. They aim to provide a temporary, housing solution to the poorest people in the country. However, there is no free space, hot water or fixed telephone service. These sites are common in […]
The Teleton did it again! The goal was reached!
The Teleton achieved its goal once again. Although this year the collection was slow, the last check in Sunday morning generated happiness. The 690 million colones goal was met: On November 4th, at 1:30 am., the board showed 708,104,541 colones. In addition, the National Bank donated 500 million colones to finally raise 1,208,104,541 colones. However, […]