3 years ago, Henry Chavarría and Mariela Calvo were eating a barbecue with friends. Chicken, meat, some vegetables, a nice chat and Coronado’s cool weather were part of a typical meeting but thanks to a prank, they found the recipe that feeds them today, their small business Pizza Grill. A friend told me: make some […]
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Stem cells use will be regulated
From now on, public and private establishments that want to apply stem cell treatments will have to meet a number of requirements to the Ministry of Health. These therapies will now be applied based on criteria that were set by the Ministry of Health on Decree 39986-S. Among the criteria for the authorization, a scientifically-reasoned […]
Mexican architects created a pink wall that mocks Trump’s wall
A group of Mexican architects from Estudio 3.14, in Guadalajara, designed a wall proposal that would cross the border between Mexico and the United States. This initiative, with a hint of parody, is a protest against newly-elected, American president Donald Trump’s threats. He insists that Mexico will pay for a wall to prevent the arrival […]
Puerto Rican producers want to prohibit Costa Rican pineapple seeds
Puerto Rican, pineapple growers went to courts from that country with a single goal: to get an order from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prohibit the importation of Costa Rican, pineapple seed. According to the complaint, Costa Rican seeds would be related to diseases that affect the Puerto Rican industry. National seeds are imported […]
Ana Zelaya: “I want to reach America before Trump takes office”
Ana Zelaya is terrorized due to the harassment her children suffer from gangs who control her neighborhood and she is determined to take them to the United States. She hopes, though, to get there before elected-President Donald Trump builds the wall he promised in order to curb the influx of undocumented immigrants like her. The […]
Oil continues to fall as threat of increased production rises
On Thrusday, oil prices ended the day on a low note in New York, since the markets are once again concerned with the oversupply that had been eclipsed for several days by the US elections. A barrel of “light sweet crude” (WTI) to be delivered in December lost 61 cents, reaching $ 44.66 on the […]