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Community, Life & Health, Human Rights

Mayor of Limon has promised an exclusive clinic for the elderly during three campaigns. Building it is illegal

Sep 18, 2020

In 2013, Nestor Mattis assured six associations of senior citizens that he would build a...

Region, COVID-19

NGO Provides Psychological Support to Adults Facing Stress and Anxiety Due to Unemployment in Guanacaste

Sep 10, 2020

Belkis Gutierrez used to work taking care of children, but she lost her job due...

COVID-19, Human Rights

Overcrowding Hits Guanacaste Women Harder. This Is How They Are Affected in the Middle of the Pandemic

Sep 09, 2020

67% of overcrowded homes in the Chorotega Region have women as the head of household ...

News, Human Rights, Liberia

Family members condemn feminicide of elderly Nicaraguan woman in Guanacaste

Sep 07, 2020

Justina Galo Urtecho sold lottery tickets in the Martina Bustos neighborhood in Liberia. She also...

COVID-19, The Voice Explains

What every foreigner needs to know about travel insurance before coming to Costa Rica

Sep 04, 2020

Costa Rica opened its air borders to 44 countries as of August 1. The Minister...

Nosara, COVID-19

Artist and hotel in Nosara join forces to hold children’s workshops and combat stress from the pandemic

Sep 02, 2020

A maximum of just ten children can attend the workshops and they must respect distancing...

Community, COVID-19, Santa Cruz

Council President: “The decision is 99% sure that the Santa Cruz fiestas for 2021 will not take place”

Sep 01, 2020

The municipal council of Santa Cruz hasn’t made a definitive decision regarding the National ...

Nosara

Hidrological study suggests that the dam in Nosara is ineffective and could overflow with less rain than expected

Aug 27, 2020

On the morning of October 5, 2018, Marcela Reyes stretched her arm out while in...

Nosara

Firefighters and Nosara Development Association Recommend Evacuating to Safe Areas Due to Possible Floods

Aug 26, 2020

The Nosara fairground has been active as a shelter since Wednesday morning, August 26, to...

Community, Santa Cruz

Red Cross Transfers Specialized Personnel and Lifeguards from Tamarindo to Handle Floods in Santa Cruz

Aug 26, 2020

Tamarindo’s lifeguards also have training in assistance for "rapid waters," which are the kind ...

Region

IMN forecasts rains will continue until tomorrow in Guanacaste

Aug 26, 2020

The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) forecasts that the rains affecting the province of Guanacaste will ...

Nosara, COVID-19

Construction works and parties increased COVID-19 cases in Nosara

Aug 22, 2020

The district of Nosara, in Nicoya, registers 12 people with the new active coronavirus, the ...

Region, COVID-19

“We can now offer consultations in ways we deemed impossible before”: how telemedicine is working in Guanacaste

Aug 20, 2020

At Enrique Baltodano Hospital in Liberia, a medical specialist calls a patient who recently had ...

Nosara, Nicoya, COVID-19

Nicoya has five shelters for covid cases and those affected by floods, two of them in Nosara

Aug 20, 2020

The Municipal Committee of Emergencies (CME) of Nicoya has prepared two shelters to attend to...

Community, COVID-19, Santa Cruz

15 families in Santa Cruz face the pandemic by sowing to live

Aug 14, 2020

Diego Gutiérrez did not think twice when in June he was invited to participate...

COVID-19, Special Stories

Pandemic in slavery: the rising risk for Nicaraguans in Costa Rica

Aug 08, 2020

Nicaraguan people in Costa Rica already tend to dedicate themselves to tasks that represent a ...

Community, COVID-19

Come visit the Matambú tourist route and help reactivate the economy of Guanacaste’s only indigenous town

Aug 06, 2020

From the center of Nicoya, the only indigenous territory of Guanacaste, Matambú, is about 5...

COVID-19, Health

How did Guanacaste manage to drop the orange alert and what’s coming next?

Aug 04, 2020

As of this Saturday, August 1, Nicoya, Cañas and Liberia dropped to yellow alert...

COVID-19, Human Rights, Special Stories

The unpunished femicide of Darys Mora, the deepest wound of a cross border town

Jul 28, 2020

San Vicente, a forgotten community on the Costa Rican-Nicaraguan border, found Darys Mora strangled...

COVID-19

Liberia airport will not receive international passengers yet, but Guanacaste welcomes international tourism

Jul 26, 2020

Costa Rica will not yet admit American tourists, the only country to which the airlines ...

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