Washington and Tokyo called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the latest ballistic missile launches by North Korea. A member of the UN executive body declared that the rally is likely to be held on Wednesday, when ambassadors return from a visit to the Lake Chad region. On March 6th, North […]
Archives for March 7, 2017
These are the 6 nationalities banned by Trump’s new immigration decree
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed a new decree that temporarily bans immigrants and refugees from six predominantly Muslim countries from visiting the United States. The decree bans people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. However, those who have valid visas and residence permits will be able to enter the country, according to […]
Public policy to protect wetlands
Costa Rica has more than two thousand wetlands that already have a public policy to protect them, thanks to a year and a half work done by the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the National System of Conservation Areas, with technical and financial support from the United Nations Program for Development and its Wetlands […]
Ottón Solís: “that meeting reveals intimacy”
According to legislator Ottón Solís, the meeting between owners and journalists from Canal 7 and La Nación with politicians from Partido de Liberación Nacional (PLN), where the decision of removing presidential candidate Johnny Araya from the 2014 electoral campaign was made, reveals “intimacy”. On March 4th, 2014, there was a meeting on Araya’s campaign leader’s […]
The Uber driver won’t leave her job
A man surnamed Alvarado, the owner of the car that offers the Uber service, and whose driver was cornered on March 4th in Desamparados, said that the woman had a terrible experience when she was chased by 3 taxi drivers. However, the incident is no reason for her to stop working. She is a single […]
Dangerous drivers: how old are they?
In the first 2 months of 2017, 51 out of the 77 deaths on the road were young people from 11 to 40 years old. Out of this number, 25 were young people from 21 to 30 years old. According to Mario Calderón, director of Traffic Police, these figures show a young person’s typical behaviors, […]