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Costa Rica purchased three million units of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, which now shows encouraging progress in its preliminary results. In early October, the country announced the agreement with the companies and indicated that the drug...

The transition to electric mobility can help Latin American and Caribbean countries reduce polluting emissions and meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement on climate change, while creating new green jobs as part of post-COVID-19 recovery plans, according to...

New recyclable plastic banknotes with more durability will enter circulation from next November 26th and through the beginning of 2021, as announced on November 11th by the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR).The entire family of bills will be...

Central American countries was bracing itself this weekend for the onslaught of a new hurricane, days after Cyclone Eta left more than 200 dead in the region

The government of Costa Rica approved on October 27th the creation of the Special Category of Complementary Temporary Protection, which aims to provide opportunities to stay legally in the country and carry out work activities to foreigners who are...

Unanimously, the Legislative Assembly's Special Permanent Commission on Security and Drug Trafficking affirmatively ruled a bill that seeks to prohibit naturalization for foreigners with criminal records.The initiative, which consists of adding a new item to the causes that prevent...

The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, participated this week in the launch of the joint declaration "Together for a Reinforced Multilateralism", led by Spain, within the framework of the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the General Assembly...

The MarViva Foundation urges the Costa Rican authorities to implement sustainable productive alternatives for the supply of shrimp, to avoid depending on the currently overexploited fishing resources.As explained by Jorge Jiménez, General Director of the Foundation, for more than...

Initiative seeks to declare November 13th as the National Day to Combat GroomingThe initiative to declare November 13th as the “National Day of the Fight against Grooming”, was ruled this Tuesday in the Commission on Youth, Children, and Adolescents...

Donald Trump's speech is not what is really executing minorities or differentiated groups in the United States, but rather, it is his actions or the lack of execution that gives rise to a certain degree of permission for a...