The Nicaraguan government shut down 15 NGOs, including six religious ones, according to decrees published this Friday in the official newspaper La Gaceta. One resolution, signed by Interior Minister María Amelia Coronel, orders “the cancellation of legal personality and registration” of 13 NGOs “for failing to comply” with their legal […]
Daily Archives: November 15, 2024
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The marketing of junk food, soft drinks, chocolates, and other industrialized snacks on social media contributes to “normalizing” unhealthy eating, stated a group of Canadian researchers who are calling for policies to protect children and adolescents. Social media is becoming an important space where young people end up being exposed […]
The health effects of fats and carbohydrates are controversial. However, everyone agrees that proteins are important. While it is true that most people eat enough protein to prevent deficiency, others would do better with a much higher protein intake. Starting at the age of 35, we begin to lose muscle […]
The Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport, commonly known as Guanacaste Airport, will be closed on Friday, November 15, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., suspending all scheduled flights during that 12-hour period. The closure was ordered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) for operational safety reasons. An internal […]
Due to adverse weather conditions caused by the effects of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE) in Costa Rica has temporarily and preventively closed several National Parks and Protected Wildlife Areas that are typically open for tourism. The decision was made to ensure the safety […]
Costa Rica lost a sixth consecutive game against neighbors Panama on Thursday night thanks to a solitary goal from José Fajardo in the first leg of the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-finals. In team news, interim head coach Claudio Vivas made two changes from last month’s 3-0 victory over Guatemala, with […]
QCOSTARICA — President Rodrigo Chaves’ anti-corruption agenda, which became one of the distinctive elements of his election campaign, seems completely relegated in the legislative arena, two-thirds of the way through his administration. Although it was one of the relevant issues of his electoral promise, placed in the fourth point of […]
OP-ED by Barbara Steenstrup — Over but not over – do we grieve, do we shout, do we hibernate? For any readers who have been reading op-eds by me and other articles about we U.S. citizens living in Costa Rica, and members of Democrats Abroad, you know that I voted […]
RICO’s Q – As I sit at my computer updating the Q, it is 4:34 am and it is raining cats and dogs out there. It is unusual to be raining at this hour. But it is. The river in my backyard is roaring. If you’re anything like me, and […]