The University of Costa Rica (UCR), through the Clodomiro Picado Institute (ICP), and the Costa Rican Red Cross signed a new agreement on Monday, September 8, 2025, that will expedite outpatient care for snakebite victims in rural areas and thus prevent deaths from these types of incidents. This is a […]
Daily Archives: September 11, 2025
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Is the public health system of Costa Rica facing a financial crisis? This is the opinion of several professionals from the Global Health Commission of the National Academy of Sciences. A democratic society requires a social protection and security system based on universal, equitable, and supportive principles. Among other areas, […]
With the goal of contributing to climate change mitigation, CRUSA launched the Methane Challenge 2025, an open call that seeks to identify and implement innovative solutions to prevent, reduce, or harness emissions of this highly polluting gas in key sectors of the country such as agriculture, livestock, and waste management. […]
Change your mindset about learning languages. The first step is to let go of the idea that it’s too late to learn. Adults have advantages that children don’t: more discipline, learning experience, and analytical skills. Some key mindsets: Embrace mistakes: Making mistakes is part of the process. Every mistake brings […]
Costa Rica is preparing to welcome hundreds of athletes from around the world in an unprecedented event: the Great Costa Rica Marathon 2025, a world-class competition that will take place on Sunday, November 30, 2025, in the heart of the Greater Metropolitan Area. With nearly 300 confirmed international runners and […]
For the first time in the history of organ and tissue donation and transplantation at the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, our country has achieved a donation rate of 10 donors per million inhabitants (dpmh), placing us among the Latin American countries recognized for having the most developed donation systems […]
The ProMundo Foundation, recognized in Costa Rica for the impact of its “Chepe se Baña” project, today inaugurated +HUMANOS, a new health center designed to provide medical services to homeless people, people living in extreme poverty, and migrants in transit. Located 200 meters south of the Emergency Room entrance of […]
SAN JOSÉ — September 6, 2025. At rush hour in Escazú, two strangers talk on a video call before deciding whether to meet. They aren’t talking about “forever,” but about timing, boundaries, and support: a relationship between adults with transparent expectations. Scenes like this, whispered a decade ago, now take […]
Q COSTARICA — 43 of 57 legislators voted this Wednesday to reseal the bill by Monserrat Ruiz, a legislator from the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), which would allow the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) to conduct raids 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including statutory holidays. Currently, raids […]
Q COSTARICA — Expectations for the dollar exchange for the second half of the year point to an increase, as two factors are pushing it upward: the implementation of tariffs by the United States and fewer tourist arrivals, said Federico Quesada, director of the School of Administrative Sciences at the […]