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Community projects between Cuba and Costa Rica are united in culture

Published on: March 11, 2024
12:04

San Jose, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) Community projects in Cuba and Costa Rica will unite and share initiatives, especially in culture, to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the two nations.

Alert in Costa Rica for temperatures of up to 41 degrees Celsius

Published on: March 7, 2024
14:56

San José, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) The National Meteorological Institute (INM) of Costa Rica forecasts atmospheric conditions similar to those of these days, whose thermometers marked temperatures of 41 degrees in northern areas of the country.

Costa Rica to broaden energy generation using solar and wind energy

Published on: March 6, 2024
18:24

San José, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) is presently promoting construction of energy generation projects with solar, wind and biomass resources, to start off operations in upcoming two years, official sources informed Wednesday.

Costa Rica reports nearly 140 homicides in 2024

Published on: February 28, 2024
00:45

San Jose, Feb 28 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department (OIJ) has registered 138 homicides this year, most of them in the Caribbean province of Limón.

Hummingbird to be declared Costa Rica’s national symbol

Published on: February 21, 2024
00:15

San José, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The hummingbird (trochilidae) will be declared Costa Rica's national symbol and will integrate a list of 19 insignias of the flora, fauna, customs and traditions that characterize its natural and cultural wealth, it was reported here.

Presidents of Costa Rica and Panama inaugurate center for migrants

Published on: February 20, 2024
08:10

San José, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, will receive his Panamanian counterpart, Laurentino Cortizo, in Paso Canoas, near the common border, where they will inaugurate an Integrated Control Center for migrants.

Ecuador’s Parliament to analyze trade agreement with Costa Rica

Published on: February 20, 2024
08:08

Quito, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) The plenary session of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Ecuador will analyze the report on the Trade Association Agreement established with Costa Rica during the government of President Guillermo Lasso.

Costa Rica to roll out intensive measures to curb dengue

Published on: February 19, 2024
18:00

San Jose, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) The Costa Rican Health Ministry on Monday reinforced its domestic strategy to fight off dengue with intensive fumigation campaigns in vulnerable areas, after 3,356 cases were reported in 2024.

Costa Rica at coordinators’ meeting in preparation for CELAC Summit

Published on: February 16, 2024
14:43

San José, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica proposed to discuss migration and food security at the preparatory meeting in Mexico for the 8th CELAC Summit to be held on March 1 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Foreign Ministry informed.

Water contamination with hydrocarbons investigated in Costa Rica

Published on: February 15, 2024
12:25

San José, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) The Judicial Investigation Organism of Costa Rica (OIJ) confirmed the existence of an investigation that reviews the water contamination that affected several sectors of this capital in the last weeks, official sources indicate.

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