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18 low-income families will now have electricity

November 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Don Abilio Guillén is a senior citizen who has been living without electricity for 38 years, but soon he will be able to keep his food refrigerated at home. He and his family are one of the 18 neighboring families of Bellavista, Piedades Santa Ana, benefiting from the program “Hogares Seguros y Eficientes”, from the […]

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Are you tired of cooking after a long day of work? Kuker is for you!

November 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Imagine going home after a long day of work: you want to rest, your pijamas are seducing you and it seems that you will finally see the last episode of your favorite series. But what about dinner? Diana Vargas and Diana Subirós often said: I don’t want to cook! Until they decided that midweek life […]

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Zika could damage male fertility

November 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

A study in mice suggests that Zika can have an impact on fertility, but other studies are needed (in humans) to determine whether it can also affect men. Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of Washington in the United States, studied a group of mice infected with the virus for three weeks. […]

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Poor people support Daniel Ortega

November 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Rodolfo Gaitán, a Sandinista veteran who sells desserts in a basket in a crowded market in the capital, declared that he would vote to defend the benefits that poor people have obtained thanks to Ortega’s government. Gaitán lives in a region near the capital, where, according to him, many people have received “chickens, pigs, zinc […]

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A new mistake caused another nightmare at Juan Santamaría Airport

November 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

Last week, Dr. Marcelo Cháves was a new victim of the problems with the SOAP system of the Judiciary Force. Cháves, who is the coordinator of the graduate program of anesthesia at the University of Costa Rica, was heading to Santiago de Chile for a medical training. Everything seemed normal until 20 minutes before the […]

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New campaign aims to show the new face of Costa Rican tourism

November 7, 2016 by Staff News Writer

The objectives of “Nuestro Impulso” campaign, by the Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels, are to create awareness of the impact of tourism on the national economy and the need to preserve it. The idea is to create new and better channels of communication between the agents of the national tourism. For the Chamber, Costa Rica […]

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