The declaration of obesity as a chronic disease of importance for public health is accompanied by the Costa Rican National Standard for the Comprehensive Care of Overweight. In 14 pages, the text establishes a series of guidelines for both public and private services to care for patients. First, it sets […]
Daily Archives: January 25, 2025
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U.S. regulators last week banned the use of the dye known as Red 3 in the nation’s food, nearly 35 years after it was banned in cosmetics because of a potential cancer risk. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials have granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety […]
US military planes carrying dozens of expelled migrants arrived in Guatemala, authorities said Friday, as President Donald Trump moved to crack down on illegal immigration. A total of 265 Guatemalans arrived on three flights — two operated by the military, and one a charter, the Central American country’s migration institute […]
Rio Virilla is not one of the major rivers of Costa Rica. At about 55 kilometers in length, it meanders through the Central Valley, passing through mostly urban stretches, spanned by small bridges and overpasses. Throughout much of its course, it would run largely unnoticed below the highways, were it […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to visit Costa Rica between late January and early February. This will be Rubio’s first trip abroad as Secretary of State, during which he will also visit Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. Rubio aims to prioritize relations with the Western […]
Q TECH — If you also follow Donald Trump and JD Vance on Facebook and Instagram and don’t know why, pay attention, because recently, thousands of users of these platforms realized that they were following the president and vice president of the United States without having clicked on “follow.” Given […]
Q24N (EFE) The government of US President Donald Trump used two military planes on Friday for two repatriation flights to Guatemala and promoted the images on social media to “send a message” of a tough approach to immigration policy. “President Trump is sending a signal to the whole world: if […]