The government of Jair Bolsonaro, in Brazil, publicly contradicted President Carlos Alvarado. A few hours after the Costa Rican president denied that Costa Rica and Brazil were jointly seeking votes for the two positions chosen on Thursday at the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (Itamaraty) called for a […]
Alvarado on defeat at the UN: “When you are consistent with the principles, there is no defeat.”
President Carlos Alvarado, made comments on social networks about the diplomatic defeat of his administration this Thursday, when it lost to Venezuela a position in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) for the period 2020-2022. When you are consistent with the principles, there is no possible defeat, just work ahead. We thank […]
UCR students take Social Science building
A group of students took the Social Sciences building of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), in support of the protesters of the National University (UNA). We inform you that at this moment some Schools of the Faculty of Social Sciences, including the School of Political Sciences, are being taken. We will close the building […]
Exchange rate pushed down by the end of the year
Everything indicates that the end of the year would bring a lower dollar exchange rate. Those are the projections launched by experts, who despite not wanting to predict a specific amount, point out that all the existing pressures in the markets aim to push the price of the dollar down. This was stated by the […]
Costa Rica separates from Brazil for the UN election
A few hours before the election of two new members for the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN), the government of Carlos Alvarado denied the strategy announced last week by the Foreign Ministry to get one of these positions. Although the Foreign Minister of the Republic, Manuel Ventura, said that the country would […]
Alvarado will discuss migration and trade with the president of Mexico
President Carlos Alvarado, will travel this Sunday to Mexico City for an official visit. This Wednesday the President announced that this Sunday he will go to the Aztec nation to meet with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, on October 21st. Alvarado said that the issues on the agenda between the two will […]