A bill aims to authorize the National Highway Council (CONAVI) to provide maintainance services to minor works, which could use specific target resources. The initiative, presented by legislator Humberto Vargas, is a reform to several CONAVI laws’s articles. Vargas declared that road congestion in Costa Rica is practically a national emergency. He explained that in […]
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The most beautiful bird in the world lives in Los Quetzales Park
They will take your breath away. They are so beautiful that our ancestors worshiped them. They were almost sacred. Their song makes you dream of lost paradises. They are faithful… until their death. You definitely have to see a quetzal before you die and Costa Ricans have the joy of sharing their land with the […]
Children from Talamanca will have a Merry Christmas and you can contribute!
For the second, consecutive year, residents of Talamanca want to give a “Merry Christmas” to about 100 children in the area. According to Johana Araya, organizer, most of them are indigenous and migrant, Panaminian children living in extreme poverty. According to Araya, they still require about 80 sponsors who can collaborate with toys, clothes and […]
First case of microcephaly by Zika in the country
The Ministry of Health confirmed on Wednesday the first autochthonous case of microcephaly by Zika. The boy from an ethnic minority from Guácimo de Limón was born 20 days ago at the Calderón Guardia Hospital,” said Rodrigo Marín, from the vector control department of the ministry. The most interesting aspect of the case is that […]
Solís will not take part in Donald Trump’s inaugural ceremony
On January 20th, Donald Trump will assume the presidency of the United States from Barack Obama hands. In the activity, Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís will not be present. In the American nation is not a tradition to invite the presidents of different countries to participate in the event. This has been the tradition […]
Rains to rise in Pacific and Caribbean in next few days
The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) announced that a cold front and low pressure system will affect the country in the coming days. This will cause an increase in rainfall in areas of the South Pacific and the Caribbean as this low pressure system and the fourth cold front of the season directly affects the country. […]