The Frente Amplio party has introduced a bill to increase workers’ vacation days. Currently, in Costa Rica, the Labor Code grants two weeks of vacation for every fifty weeks of continuous work with the same employer. The bill, titled the “Law for the Increase of Paid Vacation Days per Year”, […]
Daily Archives: October 5, 2024
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A package of legal reforms recently approved in Nicaragua is seen by experts and opponents as an attempt to “legitimize” the persecution of critics of President Daniel Ortega, both inside and outside the country. These reforms include changes to the Penal Code that allow for the prosecution of individuals who […]
In order to protect, restore, and revitalize the marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Nicoya, a total of 1,050 coral fragments have been cultivated on Tortuga Island from June to September. The initiative, led by the State Distance University (UNED) Puntarenas branch and the Nautical Fishing Center of the National […]
The alleged murderer of environmentalist Juan López, who had been denouncing the pollution caused by an open-pit iron oxide mine in a nature reserve in Honduras, was captured this Friday along with an accomplice, authorities reported. The 46-year-old activist was shot dead on the night of September 14 after leaving […]
QCOSTARICA –The Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT) – Latin American University of Science and Technology – has achieved a historic milestone by being crowned, for the fourteenth consecutive year, as the best private university in Central America according to the prestigious QS Latin America University Rankings 2025. This […]