Students Festival of Arts or Festival Estudiantil de las Artes (FEA) in Spanish is an activity that is participated by a great number of students across the country and Chirripó is not the exception. For this 2024 session Liceo Rural Jak Kjuo Sulo https://shorturl.at/9uNYx was chosen by the committee members […]
Daily Archives: August 19, 2024
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The regulatory plan of the Municipality of Talamanca has faced significant criticism. The plan permits tourism development and the construction of parking lots in areas identified as wetlands by the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) in 2021. Franz Tattenbach, the Minister of Environment and Energy, defended a directive he […]
Nicaragua on Monday shuttered 1,500 NGOs, bringing to more than 5,000 the number of such entities scrapped in a crackdown on opponents by President Daniel Ortega. The government has jailed hundreds of critics, real and perceived, since protests against his regime in 2018 that were met with a crackdown the […]
QCOSTARICA — “Once again the regime isolates us, leaving our Venezuelan brothers who require paperwork or who are beginning paperwork or regularization in a state of defenselessness so they can be part of the system.” This is how the former Venezuelan ambassador, María Faría, sums up the situation in which […]
QCOSTARICA — COVID-19 continues to be the virus that is circulating most strongly in Costa Rica. In the last epidemiological week – from August 4 to 10 – the Ministry of Health reported a total of 255 new cases; a decrease of 16.12% compared to the previous seven days. For […]
QCOSTARICA — On Saturday various cities around the world was the scene of demonstrations, almost three weeks after Nicolás Maduro was proclaimed re-elected in Venezuela, surrounded by accusations of fraud. Costa Rica was no exception. Venezuelans gathered in the Plaza de la Democracia to raise their voices in favor of […]
QCOSTARICA — Saturday night, various police forces descended on the barrio La California, on the east side of downtown San José, a neighborhood popular for weekend partying. The police operation resulted in multiple traffic fines, drugs use and the closure of establishments. “We want to enforce public order and combat […]
Scientists from the School of Electromechanical Engineering at the Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC) are pioneering a project to generate electricity from sea waves. Launched in 2015, the “E.Wave: Olamotricity System for Electric Generation” initiative aims to develop more efficient systems for harnessing Costa Rica’s wave energy potential. However, despite […]