A human trafficker, who used to take Costa Ricans to the United States, was arrested due to the sinking of 3 Costa Ricans in Bahamas, which occurred in April 2015. Arturo Garbanzo and Edith Alfaro were planning to reach Florida before traveling to Pennsylvania, where their two daughters were waiting for them. On November 16th, […]
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Several groups and organizations are against PANI budget cuts
Social organizations, student groups, movements and coalitions reiterated their opposition to a 47-billion-colon cutback to the National Child Welfare Agency (PANI) budget for 2017. The decision was supported by a majority from the Finance Committee of the Legislative Assembly on October 20th According to a letter that the protest groups addressed to legislators, the cutback […]
Heredia’s Hospital will open a room for breastfeeding
On November 17th, San Vicente de Paul Hospital, in the province of Heredia, will open a breastfeeding room, where mothers can nurse their babies or make the extraction of milk safely and in optimum conditions. The service will be open 24 hours a day and will be supervised by physicians and nurses from the Breastfeeding […]
Government doesn’t feel the need to create a commission to analyze Trump’s actions
Donald Trump has already begun to make decisions about the people he will be working with on January 20th, when he will take office as President of the United States. Latin America, including Costa Rica, is aware of what may happen, mainly as a result of Trump’s campaign promises, which call into question what may […]
Luis Guillermo Solís ranks last among Central American leaders
President Luis Guillermo Solís continues with a negative score and he remains in the last place of approval among the leaders of Central America and the Dominican Republic. This was revealed by the Cid Gallup Public Opinion Survey of the last quarter of the year. On the other hand, the Danilo Medina, President of the […]
Turrialba Volcano continues with passive but sustained emanations
During the first 11 days of November the eruptive activity of Turrialba volcano was characterized by passive but continuous emanations of ash and some short periods of non-activity. From the 12th and until the 15th of November the emanations diminished and the volcano now shows low discharges of material. The weather conditions were very variable […]