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Legalization of Hemp and Cannabis for Medicinal Purposes on the Tico Legislative agenda for 2021

The discussion of the project on the bill that would allow the legalization of the cultivation of hemp and the production of cannabis sativa for medicinal purposes will take place this year. Bill 21. 388, the Law on the...

These are the Sanitary Measures for January 2021 in Costa Rica

The Government of the Republic of Costa Rica reminds citizens of the health measures that operate throughout the country as of January 1st and that will be extended during this first month of 2021 to contain the spread of...

COVID- 19 Vaccination outside the Metropolitan Area begins in Costa Rica on January 11th

The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) expects that, as of January 11th, the vaccine against COVID-19 will begin to be applied in the highest priority medical centers located outside the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). The institution added that, if...

Pandemic effects on Tico sports could still be felt in 2021

Undoubtedly, 2020 was marked as atypical for sports in Costa Rica and the world after March 6th, when COVID-19, a disease derived from the SARS CoV-2 virus, became a Pandemic. Although it is true that sports activities have been...

COVID-19 Generated the Largest Global Health Response in History

The director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, affirmed today that COVID-19 shook the world, but at the same time generated the greatest global health response in history. “When we were celebrating New Year's Eve, a global...

Costa Rican Red Cross attended 518,215 cases during 2020

The year 2020 ended with the attention of 518,215 responses by the Costa Rican Red Cross, actions that took place in the care of accidents due to multiple causes. The institution highlighted that the current health emergency has generated...

The COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 has Caused Disruptions of Basic Civil Freedoms say Human Rights Activists

The global fight against the Coronavirus Pandemic in 2020 has restricted basic civil freedoms, weakening some human rights and, furthermore, it facilitates a possible slide of the Western rule of Law towards a new, more authoritarian model. New Guinea banned...

The Bright Side of a Challenging Year: the Opportunities 2020 Leaves Us

"The best way to predict the future is to create it," argued Abraham Lincoln. And we must believe in him. Because, although we reached the end of the year globally negatively affected by the Pandemic, the forced changes revealed...
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Oktoberfest Festival: Costa Rica Prepares for Its 13th Edition

The Costa Rica Oktoberfest, one of the most acclaimed and anticipated festivals by the public, returns this year with...