The Committee on Employment, Labor and Social Affairs (ELSA), which evaluates labor, social and labor market policies in the process of Costa Rica’s accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), issued a formal favorable opinion for the country’s entry into that Organization. The Ministry of Labor and Social Security led the evaluation […]

The Ballena National Marine Park is preparing for the Whales and Dolphins Festival that will start on September 15th and will extend until October 1st. The ninth edition of the festival is in the middle of good news for the locals: soon they will have a tourist berth for people that visit this site to […]

Fourth grade students from the Felix Arcadio school in Santo Domingo de Heredia received a special lesson on Thursday morning. The “World’s Greatest Lesson” was given by Alicia Vargas, deputy minister of public education, as part of an initiative led by the United Nations. The lesson lasted 40 minutes, in which the vice minister talked […]

Authorities rescued 68 animals from negligence and cruelty in a house in Montes de Oca. Dogs and cats lived in dirt, but now they will have a chance to live in great conditions. The operation took place on Monday, September 4th, according to Humane Society International of Latin America (HSI). The work was led by […]

Foreign Minister Manuel González officially inaugurated the Costa Rican Embassy in Indonesia on Wednesday, in the middle of his tour on the Asian continent. The new embassy has been in operation since July and was part of a strategy to increase cooperation and trade with this country and also with the rest of South East […]

On Sunday, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear trial, which it described as “successful”. This was the most powerful of all and they claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb. The blast generated a 6.3-degree tremor in that area and was felt in China and South Korea. In addition, the action was condemned by the […]