December 12th marked day number 252 of 100% renewable electricity consumption in 2016. The last time oil was used to support electricity demand in Costa Rica was on October 6th. This was revealed by data from the National Energy Control Center (CENCE) of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE). Thus, Costa Rica ends with a […]

President Luis Guillermo Solís shared a video showing Kivú the lion exploring its new home located at Zoo Ave. A week has passed since it was transferred to the center, after authorities of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) determined that the 18-year-old animal needed better living conditions. Kivú is the banner of the […]

The first Costa Rican satellite is very different. It is only a small cube of 10x10x10 centimeters with metallic edges that can be held in one hand. The nanosatellite, known as the Irazú Project, has dozens of high-caliber Costa Rican engineers and professionals focused on an ambitious goal: to put the first 100% Costa Rican […]

On Thursday morning, students from Cacique School in Guargo, Cartago, presented a prototype of a smart house, a robotic arm to solve Rubik’s Cube, cars that move to the beat of the music, others with advertising messages against smoking and a smart wheelchair with entertainment screen included, among other things. Children in vulnerable situations and […]

Santa Claus came to vacation in Costa Rica this year. He arrived in Juan Santamaría Airport in his sleigh with a pipe in hand, surrounded by typical animals of the country. While everyone imagines him in a cold scenario, the truth is that he came to Costa Rica to enjoy the tropical climate. This is […]

Amid the threat by the arrival of Hurricane Otto in Costa Rica, Wednesday morning saw the birth of a giraffe in the center Ponderosa Adventure Park. The giraffe was named Isabel. It is the ninth giraffe born in Costa Rican soil. It weighed 60 kilograms and measured 1.50 meters in height. According to Tania Pivovarova, […]