On Wednesday, the Claderón Guardia Hospital opened two rooms aiming at the care of young cancer patients between the ages of 13 and 25. The rooms are part of the Daniel project and are located on the fifth floor of the medical center. They will be the home of young people during their diagnosis and […]
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US Embassy donates computer equipment to Transit
A total of 30 laptops and 20 tablets were donated this Wednesday to the Traffic Police, by the United States Embassy. The equipment facilitated by the North American government is valued in more of 148 thousand dollars. That is to say, near 85 million colones. US Ambassador Fitzgerald Haney and the Director of the US […]
Court rejects trial for Syrian woman linked with fake passport
The Criminal Court of Alajuela deemed unnecessary to trial a Syrian woman accused of using a fake document. The 32-year-old woman by the name of Bustati was arrested in November 2015 after entering the country using a Greek passport -apparently fake- in order to reach the United States along with another group of Syrians. The […]
Watch military tank attack Venezuelan protesters
Venezuelan university students will march on President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, amid fears of a new outbreak of violence that left 32 dead in just over a month of opposition protests. Yesterday, the wave of violence increased, while the population’s discontent over Maduro’s decisions grew. The repression increases, so much so that a tank truck […]
7 countries to discuss progress on LGBTI population rights
From Wednesday until Friday, seven countries will discuss the progress in the human rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGTBI). Representatives of the offices Human Rights Ombudsman of Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, and Guatemala will participate in the event, organized by Montserrat Solano, Ombudsman of Costa Rica, within the […]
Universities prepare for Discovery project arrival
The arrival of the project Discovery to the country generated great expectation, mainly by the amount of jobs that would be created. Even private universities decided to bet on the reinforcement of their hotel, gastronomy and tourism careers to attract a greater number of students. According to Benito Avilés, Dean of the Faculty of Hospitality […]