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Costa Rica Grants Special Category of Temporary Protection to Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan Migrants

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...

Law to Prohibit Naturalization of Foreigners with Criminal Records Advances in the National Assembly

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...

Costa Rica joins the initiative “Together for a Reinforced Multilateralism”

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...

MarViva Proposes Sustainable Solutions for the Supply of Shrimp in Costa Rica

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...

Project to make visible “Virtual Harassment of Minors” advances in the Costa Rican National Assembly

Initiative seeks to declare November 13th as the National Day to Combat Grooming The 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...

Political Monsters Are Not Embodied In Words; They Are Embodied in People: Trump and The Civil Protests

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...

Evidence is illegal and acquittal proceeds, says Judge in the Case of Lawyer who Planted Marijuana in Alajuela

The evidence with which the guilty verdict of lawyer Mario Cerdas Salazar was given, for the cultivation, possession, supply, and transformation of marijuana, are illegal and therefore his acquittal proceeds conclude one of the members of the Criminal Court...

New Archaeological Find in Castella Connector Causes Suspension of Road Works in one of the Sections

A new archaeological find was located in one of the sections of the so-called “Barreal-Castella Connector”, a work that will connect General Cañas with the Heredia sector

Women’s Soccer is Gaining Strength in Costa Rica

In March 1950, the first Costa Rican women's soccer team debuted in the country. The players were presented in a historic way at the old National Stadium. At that time, Costa Ricans witnessed the unparalleled feat of seeing a...

Enough Doses are Guaranteed to Immunize 1.5 million Costa Ricans with the COVID-19 Vaccine

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...
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A Photographic Exhibition Brings Gaudí’s Iconic Casa Batlló to Costa Rica

A photographic exhibition set up in the heart of Costa Rica's capital aims to bring the iconic Casa Batlló...