Aloe vera offers multiple health benefits. Since ancient times, it has been used for healing purposes, especially for skin conditions such as burns, wounds or infections. Likewise, the cosmetic industry has used its qualities to offer products based on this plant for the hair and skin care. However, its benefits are not limited to external […]
Archives for June 2017
What is the SICA meeting?
Next week, Costa Rica will host the XLIX Summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA), which will bring together the eight member countries. Five presidents confirmed their presence, including Luis Guillermo Solís. Two countries will not come to the meeting. But what is SICA? This organization was established in December 1991 and became operational […]
INCOFER canceled eight trips from San José to Cartago
The Costa Rican Railways Institute (INCOFER) reported that train 81 has significant damage in one of its chambers, which forces them to cancel some services from San José to Cartago and back this Monday. Departures from Cartago: 6:30 a.m., 8:37 a.m., 4:12 p.m., 4:22 p.m. Departures from San José: 7:25 a.m., 3:10 p.m., 5:20 p.m., […]
Maduro says Ortega wants to be presidential candidate for the opposition
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused attorney-general Luisa Ortega of “betrayal” and presidential ambitions, saying on Thursday that the prosecution got into “extrems.” If she wants to get into the political diatribe because she has aspirations to be a presidential candidate for the MUD, she must make the right decisions. She has all the right to […]
Isla del Coco, a pearl with 39 years as national park
Thirty-nine years ago, Isla del Coco was declared a national park because of its rich biodiversity. On June 22nd 1978, that island, located more than 500 kilometers from the Costa Rican Pacific coast, received the declaration that made it one of the main conservation areas of the country. December 2017 also marks the 20th anniversary […]
Dutch man found dead in marijuana lab
On Thursday afternoon, an emergency call alerted about an alleged clandestine laboratory with a deceased person. The incident happened in Pozos de Santa Ana, 300 meters west of Banco Davivienda. According to Carlos Hidalgo, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, they received information from the Red Cross. Apparently, there was a man of […]