At present, 1.4 million individuals, covered by state medical care (CCSS) are online with a digital record system, called Expediente Digital Único en Salud (Edus). The system, maintained under contract with the state telecom (ICE) is not yet fully digital. Much of medical records are still maintained on paper, but the system tracks the paper records, […]

Drought conditions have caused milk production to decrease, on average by 4 liters per cow and experts are predicting that the situation will get worse before it will get better. This is because even with the onset of the rainy season, pastures need at least 22 days to grow back to normal. The problem of […]

A Criminal Court in Santa Cruz has declared ineffective a resolution from an administrative law judge, which ordered a community (ASADA) to turn over control of an aqueduct to the national water company (AyA), issued on February 7. The decision had sparked a tense stand off between police and protesters in the community who had […]

According to a statement issued by the Central Bank, a law to discourage the entry of speculative foreign capital, will only affect foreign investments made in stocks and bonds. For example, the law will not deter direct foreign investment in real estate or manufacturing operations. The law grants the executive branch of government the authority […]

The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court has issued a ruling that prohibits police from tracing phone calls to journalists in order to discover their sources. The decision comes after Grupo Extra filed suit against the judicial police (OIJ) for tracing the phone calls of journalist Manuel Rodríguez Estrada of Diario Extra. Rodríguez became a […]

This morning at about 7:08 am, remote cameras captured a moderate phreatic eruption in the lake of the Poas Volcano. According to volcanologist Maria Martinez, the eruption was moderate and a gas boom reached 100 meters high. The material ejected from the center of lake consists of hot hydro thermal fluids, gas, steam and rock […]