Carlos Alvarado, president of the Republic, will modify the current hydrocarbons law to completely eliminate any possibility that allows the exploitation of oil or natural gas. This was confirmed by Alejandro Muñoz, executive president of the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery (RECOPE), whose main challenge is the transformation of the entity towards alternative fuels. One of […]
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Country seeks cooperation to address Nicaragua’s migration
Although the government insists that the political crisis in Nicaragua has not yet affected Costa Rica, the country is negotiating international cooperation to deal with the arrival of immigrants to Costa Rica. On Tuesday, the chancellor and vice president, Epsy Campbell, said that the Executive Branch already channeled resources to increase personnel and adapt facilities […]
Upala suffers the consequences of rains again
The rains of the last days have hit Upala, an area that once again suffers with flooded houses and disabled roads, shortly after the passage of Hurricane Otto, which left its mark in November 2016. In the National Commission of Emergencies (CNE) they informed that the land between Brasilia and La Cruz collapsed due to […]
Costa Rica has 284 thousand hectares of wetlands
Costa Rica has a total of 284,635 hectares of wetland ecosystems. This data recompilation was possible thanks to the registry made by the National Inventory of Wetlands (INH) prepared by the Wetlands Project of the National System of Conservation Areas (Sinac), which ended in May 2018. To carry out this inventory, 146 specialists of the […]
CNE issues green and yellow alert over heavy rain and tropical wave
Heavy rains caused floods in various sectors of the country on Tuesday. According to Alexander Solís, president of the National Commission of Emergencies (CNE), although we are not yet facing the Tropical Wave #6, there have already been incidents of waterlogging. The hierarch said that in view of this situation and foreseeing that there could […]
The US withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council
The US representative, Nikki Haley, announced on Tuesday that his country withdrew from the Human Rights Council of the UN, describing the action as a “nest of political motivations.” We took this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain part of a hypocritical and self-centered organization that makes a mockery of human […]