Hurricane Matthew brought death and disaster to Haiti. The most recent reports indicate there are at least 473 dead, 330 injured and more than 175,000 refugees in shelters, and more than 1.4 million people are now homeless. For this reason, international aid has begun to arrive and if you want to help, you now have […]
Archives for October 17, 2016
The OAS and Nicaragua are working together to conduct a fair electoral process
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Nicaragua agreed to implement a forum of dialogue on the disputed electoral process that will take place in the Central American country. In a brief official statement, the OAS declared that secretary general of the organization Luis Almagro sent a report to Nicaraguan authorities about […]
Border towns of Costa Rica and Panama celebrate together
On Sunday, the border towns of Costa Rica and Panama joined in celebration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Both nations seek to raise awareness about the importance of community readiness to reduce the impact of disasters. Glauco Quesada, president of the Red Cross, explained they developed a border cooperation project with the […]
Reversible lane on Route 27!
Due to the long weekend for the Cultures Day celebration, on October 17th, the reversible lane will be applied on Route 27, heading to San José. It will take place from 1:00 pm to 7:00 from Pozón to Ciudad Colón. As consequence, during that time period, all vehicles will go to San José. The reversible […]
700 migrants have moved to new care center
In less than a month, more than 700 migrants, Haitians and Africans, were transferred to the new temporary care center called “El Cruce”, located in La Cruz de Guanacaste. They have been gradually evicted from several public spaces in the area of Peñas Blancas, on the northern border with Nicaragua. All of the migrants are […]
UCR joins international call to stop violence
The University of Costa Rica (UCR) joined the international amnesty call for actions to be taken against violence in Central America international. This request comes after a recent research by Amnesty International (AI) published last Friday, which reveals the situation of the inhabitants of some Central American countries, specifically: El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The […]