On Thursday, the Executive President of the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA), Yamileth Astorga, and the representative of the Trade Union Association of Workers of the AyA (ASTRAA), Hilda Esquivel, signed an agreement to end the strike no later than October 12th. The strike at the institution was declared legal by a […]
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People from Guanacaste are trained to live a positive masculinity and prevent violence
A group of 240 men from six cantons of Guanacaste are part of a process of raising awareness on issues related to positive masculinity, prevention of violence, and ways to live an affective sexuality, and an affective fatherhood. The workshop is promoted by the Joint Institute of Social Assistance (IMAS). The participants come from Liberia, […]
Banks already exchange dollars for more than ¢600
On Thursday, the exchange rate exceeded ¢600 in commercial banks. At 10.15 a.m., the CMB Bank (Citi) was the first to offer the currency at ¢602. Since mid-September the country has seen a series of increases in the exchange rate, a behavior the Central Bank justified as a “seasonality”. However, financial analysts say that some […]
Tropical Wave #41 affects mostly the South Pacific
The South Pacific of Costa Rica is the most affected region by tropical wave number 40, which crosses the country since Thursday afternoon. Daniel Poleo, meteorologist from the National Meteorological Institute (IMN,) indicated that at this point there are already reports of heavy downpours, an electrical storm, and floods. Heavy rains are also reported in […]
Authorities are looking for American dragged by river stream in Dominicalito
Rescue authorities are conducting operations to find a missing American in Dominicalito, Puntarenas. The incident occurred at 5:32 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, when four people who were on board a vehicle were dragged by the flooded river. Three of the occupants of the vehicle managed to escape on their own, but an adult, the foreigner, […]
ANEP proposes a “pause” in the strike
The resolution of the Constitutional Chamber on the voting after the first reading of the Public Finance Strengthening project will be key for the unions to maintain or modify the actions of the indefinite strike. Wálter Quesada, from ANEP, confirmed that the Union presented a document that suggests pausing the protests. On the 31st day […]