A new application will allow to report cases of discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTI) people. The initiative will be presented on Tuesday by the Front for Equal Rights (FDI), a union of organizations, groups, and independent activists that seeks to recognize and guarantee the enjoyment of all human rights in Costa Rica. […]
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Costa Rica would be the next country to join the OECD
Ángel Gurría, secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), expressed his confidence in the fact that Costa Rica will formalize its accession to this organization later this year or early 2019. Costa Rica would become the fourth Latin American member, after Mexico, Chile, and Colombia, whose income was accession last week. […]
Government donated $10,000 to the IACHR
Last Friday, the Costa Rican government made a voluntary donation of $10,264.55, that is, ₡5,8 million at the current exchange rate, to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH). This was reported by the Foreign Ministry through its Internet portal, which states that the donation was made as a demonstration of support for the work […]
FA asks MINAE to annul decree that allows deforestation to build hydroelectric plant
José María Villalta, from Frente Amplio, asked the Minister of Environment and Energy, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, to annul a decree “of national convenience” that allows deforestation in the area where the El Diquís hydroelectric plant is to be installed, in Buenos Aires of Puntarenas. The decree was issued last February by the former head of […]
Poás Volcano National Park could reopen its doors in two months
The reopening of Poás Volcano National Park could be closer. The construction of the five security shelters (one of the requirements demanded by the Technical Advisory Committee for the reopening of this protected area closed in April 2017 due to volcanic activity) will begin this Monday. The bidding process for the acquisition of a gas […]
Costa Rica declared free of Classical Swine Fever
Costa Rica received official recognition as a country free of Classical Swine Fever (PPC). The resolution was approved in the general session N°86 of the World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE), held in Paris. This recognition gives Costa Rica an official sanitary status, since the disease is not in […]