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What do you know about Discovery Communications theme park?

April 18, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The theme park to be inaugurated by Discovery Communications American company in Liberia will go beyond conventional. Here you have some details about the park: -Discovery Communications has theme parks in Asia and Australia, however, the one that will be inaugurated in Costa Rica will be the first one focused on adventure. -Guanacaste knew it […]

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Antonio Álvarez Desanti filed a lawsuit against Panamanian State

April 18, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela instructed his country’s attorney general to initiate legal proceedings to ensure the defense of the interests of the Panamanian State in the lawsuit filed by Costa Rican politician and businessman Antonio Álvarez Desanti. The dispute is for the ownership of four farms that, according to the Panamanian government, are located […]

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Effectiveness of vaccine against HPV to be tested on Costa Rican women

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Costa Rica would again be the scene of a medical research that seeks to prove that it would not take more than a dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to protect women from cervical cancer. There are more than 150 types of this virus, although not all affect the humans. HPV strains 16 and […]

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Are the eruptions from Poás and Turrialba volcanos different?

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

At first glance the eruptions of the Poás and Turrialba volcanoes look different. While the plume from the colossus of Cartago looks gray, that of its alajuelense pair is rather white. Both, of course, are large. Are these eruptions different? The press spoke with the National Emergency Commission geologist Blas Sánchez, who explained some similarities […]

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8 countries could support Mexico in commercial litigation against Costa Rica

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

Australia, Spain, Ghana, Guatemala, Israel, South Africa and Venezuela are the countries that could support Mexico in the trade litigation initiated against Costa Rica by the World Trade Organization (WTO). All these countries would act as interested third parties, since they are in the list of countries that cannot export fresh avocados to Costa Rica, […]

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Call for hearing on LGTBI rights

April 17, 2017 by Staff News Writer

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) convened a public hearing to discuss the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Transsexual, Bisexual and Intersexual (LGTBI) population, after Costa Rica requested it in 2016. It will be held on May 16th and 17th in San José and it will help countries, organizations and institutions to present their […]

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