Taxi drivers plan to protest today and they intend to close the most important roads of the country. They decided to go on strike on July 28th. The demonstration will start from 5:00 am, although some groups state that street closure is not part of the protest. Gilberth Ureña, from the National Taxi Drivers Forum, […]

Costa Rican, animal welfare associations state that legislators are taking too much time to pass the bill against animal abuse. Therefore, they warn that on August 31st they will demand the Supreme Electoral Court to convene a referendum. To make that possible, they need the support of 5% of the electoral roll, it means, 161,000 Costa […]

Doctors in Costa Rica have a new tool for cancer’s diagnosis and comprehensive treatment. Oncodeep is a comprehensive diagnostic test that was developed in Europe, which is now available in Central America and Costa Rica. It helps oncologists to better deal with the desease because a biopsy is performed in the patient. The tool was […]

On Friday, pregnant women from 23 cantons of Costa Rica, where most cases of zika have been reported, received their kits in order to avoid Aedes aegypti’s bite, which causes the virus. Kits were promised by the Ministry of Health two months ago. The delivery was made in Jacó, one of the most affected areas. […]

Ligia Fallas, Frente Amplio member, supports the strike that taxi drivers have been announcing for next Tuesday. She is part of a group called Movimientos Sociales, which brings together many people linked to the country’s unions. Freddy Herrera, president of Transport Workers, said that in the movement’s origins, Fallas provided them her office so the […]

Dean of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), Henning Jensen, filed a recusal to the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), so that the executive director of the Strategic Development and Information Center on Health and Social Security (CENDEISSS), doesn’t participate in the decision makings related to the rotating residency. Jensen’s request was accepted by […]