On Wednesday, President Carlos Alvarado Quesada sworn in Ricardo Marín Azofeifa as the new Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security in charge of the Labor area. Marín will replace Juan Alfaro López who was appointed as deputy minister of the Presidency. Marín Azofeifa will be in charge of the ministerial directorates that have a […]
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Chancellor: “I intend to recover our reputation and prestige”
The new chancellor of the Republic, Manuel Ventura, arrived on Wednesday in the Yellow House, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a message of change and positivism for its officials, after only a few weeks ago they were even threatened with layoffs over irregular action and illegal appointments during Epsy Campbell’s leadership in […]
Fuel prices to drop on Thursday
On Wednesday, the official newspaper La Gaceta published a sharp reduction in the price of fuel, so it will be enforced as of Thursday at midnight. Super gasoline will cost 596 colones per liter (41¢ reduction), regular gas 581 colones (¢45 reduction), while diesel will be 534 colones (¢53 reduction). The reduction in prices is […]
Volunteers collected 174 kilos of garbage in Tamarindo
On January 1st, a photograph showing the state of Tamarindo after the New Year’s Eve party went viral. Many users criticized and pointed out those responsible, but a group of volunteers from the 5minutebeachcleanup Foundation decided to clean up, thus giving a true example to the whole country. Plastic bottles, lids, cans, and cigarettes were […]
Irazú‘s vegetation welcomed a new day covered in ice
On Tuesday, Irazú Volcano welcomed the morning hours covered in ice. The images are surprising and were taken by the young Yirlania Granados, who works in a local store and said that the temperature dropped a lot and was very cold. Rebeca Morera, meteorologist at the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), reported that in that area […]
MOPT has two more weeks to present project to regulate Uber
The Economic Affairs Committee decided to grant a new extension to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) to present a bill that includes the regulation of digital transport platforms such as Uber. Rodolfo Méndez had requested 20 working days to deliver the document; however, legislators decided to extend the deadline only for 10 […]