Costa Rica News, Summarized in English and Linked to the Source

On Tuesday night, a new accident between a car and Heredia’s train was reported. The incident occurred at the junction of Barrio San Martín in Santa Rosa de Santo Domingo in Heredia. The accident caused just material damages, as no one was injured. Neither the Red Cross nor the Fire Department reported any call or […]

Members of the National Liberation Party (PLN) Antonio Álvarez and Sandra Piszk presented a bill that seeks to strengthen the fight against human trafficking. The initiative aims to reform articles 172 and 189 bis of the Penal Code and Articles 5 and 6 of the Anti-Trafficking of People Law and Establishment of the National Coalition […]

On October 25th, at 2:53 pm, the Costa Rican Red Cross was alerted and was asked to assist a rescue unit near the fourth stop of La Carpio, in La Uruca, where a 7-year-old boy apparently fell into the river. Collaborators were on site conducting an intensive search. The Fire Department also sent 3 units […]

The project was born from the meeting of a systems engineer, a developer and an industrial engineer who aimed to improve traffic problems in Costa Rica. As a result, they decided to implement the use of carpooling. The team is made up of two Frenchmen and a Colombian, who arrived from France a few months […]

Costa Ricans lose 10 years of life because of strokes. The so-called brain hemorrhages kill 3 people every day and they are responsible of 6% of deaths among Costa Ricans. Smoking, hypertension, and sedentary lifestyle are some of the risk factors that can lead to this situation. Miguel Barboza, a neurologist at Calderón Guardia Hospital, […]

The municipality of San José has invested 70 million colones so far to improve sewerage in order to make floods in Chinatown a past situation. Repair work stopped to exhibit art works from El Prado Museum, held on the boulevard. However, they will continue in late November. Next year we will build a fairly large […]