The Municipality of Montes de Oca invites its residents to participate in the development of the Cantonal Nondiscrimination Policy, today at 6:30 p.m. in the Annex to the municipality building (Former Banco Anglo, at the entrance of the Amargura street). The invitation is specially intended for the LGBT community (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). Until […]
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Cocoa producers received 1,100 million colones
Thanks to the Sixaola Program from the Ministry of Environment and Energy, 791 cocoa farmers were financially benefited for the development and strengthening of their crops. A 1,100 million colones investment was made, delivering nearly 2 million colones in tools, equipment, organic products and cocoa plants to each producer. The beneficiary farmers are monitored by developers and […]
President Solís wants Limón to be full of tourists
South Caribbean Costa Rica is a tourist destination preferred by foreigners and national tourists, but the President wants Limón to become an important spot for Costa Rican tourism. The challenge in the Atlantic is to make the tourism growth compatible with the sustainable development of this region, said President Solís. To achieve that, is in […]
Where are the President’s plates?
A tradition in most countries in the world is to put plates with the name of the President among other information when they inaugurate schools, bridges etc. However, Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica, has his reasons not to do so. I don’t want my name to be remembered, so I do not put the plates, […]
The government is working on strategies to stop suicide attempts
Behind a person who commits suicide or attempts to do so, there is more than a statistic: there is a family suffering, while the issue remains as a taboo. Only in 2015, 1,408 people tried to commit suicide and in the first half of 2016, 578 people attempted to do so. However, last year, 291 people […]
FDI disagrees with the inclusion of parents’ names in identification cards
According to Frente por los Derechos Igualitarios (FDI) to include, once again, the mother and father’s name in the identification cards is a regression. That is part of some changes conducted by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) and it has already found opposition from independent activists and organizations that fight for LGBTI’s rights (lesbian, gay, […]