Ministers and representatives from Côte d’Ivoire will visit Costa Rica in order to learn about some environmental processes that have been developed in the Central American country. Kifah Sasa, leader of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Costa Rica, said that the delegation will remain until Friday. Sasa informed that the delegation had 13 […]
Archives for September 2016
Animal Welfare Law will be reviewed
Legislators will have to reduce fines and penalties that punish animal abuse and other unconstitutional issues found in the Animal Welfare Law, which was passed in first reading by the Legislative Assembly on July 26th. This was admitted by legislators from different political parties after knowing about a ruling from the Fourth Chamber: The law […]
Mayaro fever virus: an old virus transmitted through mosquito bites
South American countries have suffered from it, but since 2010, people hadn’t mentioned its name, but now a threat for American countries is back: It is Mayaro fever virus, another disease transmitted through mosquito bites, such as dengue, chikungunya and the fearsome zika. Countries such as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic rose preventive alert […]
Municipal police representatives of 37 cities discussed their priorities
Leaders from 37 municipal police forces, met on September 21th in San José to discuss the challenges and emergencies that the region is facing. This is the 19th meeting of the Union of Latin American Capital Cities (UCCI), which was attended by minister of Public Security, Gustavo Mata, and mayor of the Municipality of San […]
The inflexibility of public expenditures is affecting the Government’s finances
The Growth of fiscal deficit, seen as a growth on the shortfall in government finances, is generating a higher debt and affecting the domestic interest rates. Furthermore, in order to meet interest payments and compensation, authorities have sacrificed capital expenditures (investments) which affect the competitiveness of the economy. That is the way economists from Acobo […]
Solis’ decision concerned exporters
The decision of President of the Republic Luis Guillermo Solís, to abandon the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) at the beginning of Brazilian President Michel Temer’s speech, concerned the export sector, that considers this may affect the trade between both countries if Brazil decides the closure of the market or the imposition of non-tariff […]