Led by the National Liberation representative, Monserrat Ruiz and with the support of legislators from other groups, as well as the Group of Families Surviving Femicide, the campaign called “Letras de Lucha”(Letters of Fight) was presented.The objective is to promote an agenda of 12 bills against violence against women in […]
Daily Archives: August 28, 2024
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The Costa Rican film “Memorias de un cuerpo que arde,” directed by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss, will hit theaters on Thursday, August 29, after its world premiere at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival. It can be enjoyed at the Cinépolis and Cinemark chains, as well as at the Magaly Cinema. […]
The International Convention against Cybercrime, recently signed by the United Nations (UN), could be a basis for guaranteeing technological security, without having to resort to the Budapest Convention, which is leaving several countries (including China and its Huawei brand) out of the 5G race in Costa Rica. At least that […]
The United States has already enabled the first semiconductor courses that it had promised to Costa Rica, as part of the cooperation to develop this industry in the country. The platform is run by Arizona State University (ASU), selected to run a $13.8 million fund. Initially the offer will focus […]
Today, the country’s American community has three nuclei: the Province of San José, especially the capital city and its suburbs, in addition to the canton of Pérez Zeledón; the Province of Guanacaste and the Province of Puntarenas, in the latter the majority lives near the coasts. Furthermore, half of the […]
Today in San José, unions, teachers, political parties, civilians, and students marched to defend the public education budget and demand an increase for 2025. The mobilization began at 9 a.m. from the University of Costa Rica (UCR) in San Pedro and ended at the Legislative Assembly. The march followed failed […]
Most of us spend precious little time in nature. We’ll dip our toes in when we visit a waterfall or go for a hike, but for the most part we live our lives in the human world thinking very little about the huge variety of other creatures that we share […]
León Fredy Muñoz, the current ambassador of Colombia to Nicaragua, was accused of drug trafficking by his country’s prosecutor’s office on Tuesday. He is alleged to have transported 346 grams of cocaine on a domestic flight in 2018. On May 31, 2018, police at Medellín airport (northwest Colombia) found a […]
A famous Argentine influencer, Geronimo Arias, known on social media as Gero Arias, attempted to perform pull-ups on a bridge over the Tárcoles River. The Tarcoles River, located on the Pacific coast, is reputed to have the largest population of crocodiles in Central America, with some reaching lengths of three […]
QCOSTARICA — It’s been frustrating for many foreigners obtaining their residency and having to wait to receive their DIMEX (residency card) in order to homologate their driver’s license. The typical wait has been three months. However, changes in the validation of criteria by the Consejo de Seguridad Vial (COSEVI) – […]