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Costa Rica surpasses homicide figures for 2022

Published on: September 23, 2023
11:24

San Jose, Sep 23 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican Judicial Investigation Organism (OIJ) announced Saturday that the country surpassed the homicide figures for 2022, by reporting 656 violent deaths up to date, with over three months left to end 2023.

Costa Rica welcomes first gold medal in Paralympic Games history

Published on: September 4, 2021
12:54

San Jose, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) From President Carlos Alvarado to the local media today highlight the first gold medal for Costa Rica in the Paralympic Games, a heroic feat achieved by sprinter Sherman Guity in Tokyo 2020.

Costa Rica receives almost 2.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Published on: July 2, 2021
10:09

San Jose, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica has so far received 2,794,785 doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines and 2,440,385 of them have been administrated, with which 811,163 people have already completed the immunization against this disease.

Costa Rican party celebrates centennary of China’s communist party

Published on: June 28, 2021
13:51

San Jose, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The People's Vanguard Party (PVP) on Monday celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPCh), which has led that Asian nation to become a world power.

Former President Figueres is a candidate to Costa Rican Presidency

Published on: June 7, 2021
12:28

San Jose, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres (1994-1998) is the presidential candidate from the National Liberation Party (PLN) for the February 2022 general elections.

Spanish president to visit Costa Rica

Published on: May 18, 2021
00:15

Madrid, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, said that he will visit Costa Rica in June, as part of a Latin American tour that will also include Argentina.

Unions demand suspension of face-to-face classes in Costa Rica

Published on: May 7, 2021
14:46

San Jose, Apr 7 (Prensa Latina) The unions of the education sector demanded on Friday to Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Education (MEP) to suspend face-to-face lessons, and go to distance learning until the current Covid-19 crisis defuses.

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