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National Symphonic Orchestra Will Give a Concert at the Melico Salazar Theater

The National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica (OSN) will give a concert that will be directed by 6 Costa Rican orchestra directors. The show will be next Friday, October 19 at the Melico Salazar Popular Theater. The performances will be...

Plastics Collected in Beaches Are Processed to Make Shampoo Bottles

The pollution of the seas is one of the biggest environmental problems today. According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 80% of this contamination comes from land-based sources, with more than 90% of them being plastic. According to a...

Tourists and Bloggers Could Watch 300 Birds at the BirdChallenge 2018

Costa Rica is positioning itself as one of the countries with the greatest variety of birds and as one of the preferred sites for sighting. During the previous week, the BirdChallenge 2018 was held, in which tourists, bloggers, and experts...

Rainstorms Will Affect the Country Today

Today, October 15th, rainstorms will affect the country during the hours of the morning and afternoon, according to the report of the National Meteorological Institute (IMN). The cloudiness during the morning will be between partial to total, which could generate...

Legalization of Marijuana Still Carries On Controversy

For some time up to now, Costa Rica has debated a bill for the cultivation of marijuana which, until now has not had any agreement. In various countries of the world (Uruguay, Netherlands, Portugal, the United States -specifically the...

“Costas Verdes” Planted 40 Trees at Jacó Beach

Last weekend, right after the end of the Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro 2018" event, the non-governmental organization (NGO) "Costas Verdes", planted 40 trees at Jacó Beach. In this respect, the organizers of the surfing activity sought to leave...

The “Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro 2018” at Jacó Beach

From Thursday, October 4th, until Sunday, October 7th, 2018, the "Essential Costa Rica Surf Pro" was held at Jacó Beach. We remind you that this is a world ranking series 1500 of the World Surf League (WSL). In this...

CNE Calls for Prevention Due to the Arrival of Tropical Waves to Costa Rica

The president of the National Commission for the Prevention of Risks and Management of Emergencies (CNE), Alexander Solis, made a call for prevention by the arrival of tropical storm waves that would be arriving in our country this weekend,...

October 12th: “Day of the Meeting of Cultures”

Every October 12th we commemorate the arrival of the Genovese Admiral Christopher Columbus to America and celebrating also the meeting of different cultures. Recently to this date, it has been called as the “Day of the Meeting of Cultures”,...

Costa Rican Scientists Participate to Create New Antidote Against Venom of Black Mamba

A trio of scientists from the Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica (ICP-UCR) collaborated in the creation of the first antidote capable of neutralizing the venom of the Black Mamba serpent made with human antibodies. The antivenom...
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Workplace wellness: 5 things companies can learn from Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula

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