A woman will face a trial as a defendant, after she tied her dog with a shoelace and caused a round neck wound. The Prosecutor’s Office investigated and accused a woman named González, who is suspected of committing an alleged crime of animal abuse to the detriment of a dog. The Prosecutor also said that […]
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Research conducted in the country has possible cure for diabetic foot
A research carried out at the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (TEC) could have found the cure of the condition known as diabetic foot and a relief for people suffering from severe skin burns. The experiment allowed the Guatemalan scientist, María Isabel Amorín, to create a product derived from the shrimp exoskeleton, which today is […]
Taxi drivers will demonstrate against Uber again on Tuesday
The leader of the taxi drivers, Rubén Vargas Campos, announced on Facebook that the union will hold a demonstration on July 23rd, starting at 9:00 a.m. in Paseo Colón to support the legislators who promote the draft Law of reform of the system of paid transport of people and regulation of the companies of technological […]
Japanese delighted with coffee from Los Santos
The Japanese love coffee from Costa Rica, to the point of paying $65.30 per pound of the grain in the 2019 Cup of Excellence electronic auction. The coffee comes from Santa María de Dota, in the area of Los Santos, on the farms of Los Grandes de Copey group, and was acquired by Maruyama Coffee […]
Costa Rica will maintain preferential access to the British market
The signing of the Association Agreement between the United Kingdom and Central America (Aacru) will allow Costa Rica to maintain the preferential access conditions of its products to the British market. This was reported by the British-Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce, which celebrated the signing of the agreement in Nicaragua, before the departure of the […]
OECD warns: rise in sea level would cost 4% of world GDP
In a recent study, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) warned that failure to stop the sea level rise due to climate change in time would cause costs of about 4% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). The Organization, to which Costa Rica aspires to enter in the medium term, stressed that […]