Torrential rains across Central America have left at least 27 dead in landslides and flooding over the past week, mainly in El Salvador, but also in Guatemala and Honduras, officials said Friday. El Salvador’s Environment Minister Fernando Lopez said the deluge was a result of low pressure over the Pacific Ocean, […]
Monthly Archives: June 2024
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The National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) has reported 38 incidents in which felines have preyed on domestic animals. Pumas, jaguars, ocelots, coyotes, and other felines appear as the main predators. In 2023, the puma was involved in 18 incidents and the jaguar in 9 cases involving domestic animals in […]
The Fintech sector, comprised of companies that use technology for financial services, grew 340% between 2017 and 2023 in Latin America and the Caribbean, surpassing 3,000 startups, according to a study published this Thursday. Specifically, it went from 703 companies in 18 countries in 2017 to 3,069 in 26 states […]
Former Presidents of Costa Rica published a letter opposing statements made by President Rodrigo Chaves, in which he claimed that the country was a “perfect dictatorship.” The document was signed by Oscar Arias, Rafael Ángel Calderón, José María Figueres, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Abel Pacheco, Laura Chinchilla, Luis Guillermo Solís, and […]
The President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, and his Honduran counterpart, Xiomara Castro, agreed in San José to “reactivate” the Central American Integration System (SICA), which they consider has been stagnant for more than a decade. “We have decided (…) to convene our Central American counterparts to reactivate SICA once […]
Costa Rica is the first country in the world to produce vehicle oils without the need for hydrocarbon exploitation. METALUB inaugurated the first re-refining plant for motor lubricants in Central America, located in La Ceiba de Orotina. This 6,600-square-meter facility has the capacity to process 500,000 liters of used oil […]
When you think about art, many things surely go through your head, but this is a concept that the painter Juan Manuel Delgado has very well defined when, through his inspiration, he captures part of his life and also portrays our country through his canvases. On this occasion, the Costa […]
Samantha still does not know how she survived the slaughter of 46 fellow inmates in a brutal gang battle at Honduras’s only women’s prison a year ago. Only “something supernatural” could explain how she did not succumb when incarcerated members of the Barrio 18 gang burst into a prison area […]
Costa Rican health authorities reported on Wednesday the first death from a parasitic disease caused by the screwworm, a larva that flies deposit in wounds and mucous membranes of warm-blooded animals. “Seven laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported,” said Dr. María Luisa Ortiz, general director of Health, in a video provided […]
Un joven de 19 años de edad murió de una puñalada en el cuello en La Fortuna de San Carlos (vea video adjunto de Telenoticias). El hecho fue confirmado la mañana de este jueves por el Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ). Se cree extraoficialmente que la víctima había tenido una […]