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Picture a dusty afternoon in the center of one of Guanacaste’s many small towns. The pueblo’s annual patron saint festival is in full swing. Sabaneros, mounted proudly on meticulously bred and trained steeds lean sideways in their handcrafted, leather saddles, sipping warm beer. A small brass band with dented instruments and boisterous enthusiasm blasts out …
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Authorities in El Salvador dismantled a migrant trafficking network destined for the United States on Saturday, which charged its victims between $13,000 and $16,000, the Attorney General’s Office reported. Members of the Attorney General’s Office, with the support of the National Civil Police, carried out a series of operations to “dismantle” the criminal gang, which …
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The Frente Amplio party has introduced a bill to increase workers’ vacation days. Currently, in Costa Rica, the Labor Code grants two weeks of vacation for every fifty weeks of continuous work with the same employer. The bill, titled the “Law for the Increase of Paid Vacation Days per Year”, proposes increasing vacation days to …
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A package of legal reforms recently approved in Nicaragua is seen by experts and opponents as an attempt to “legitimize” the persecution of critics of President Daniel Ortega, both inside and outside the country. These reforms include changes to the Penal Code that allow for the prosecution of individuals who engage in actions against Ortega’s …
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El Ministerio de Salud informó, que, durante el mes de octubre, en la región de San Miguelito, se ofrecerá mamografías gratuitas.Estas estarán disponibles en Centro de salud de Nuevo Veranillo, desde las 7:00 de la mañana.LEE TAMBIÉN: ¡Ni modo! Jhonathan Chávez te hace cantar por ese amor que no se daLa mamografía puede detectar a tiempo …
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In order to protect, restore, and revitalize the marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Nicoya, a total of 1,050 coral fragments have been cultivated on Tortuga Island from June to September. The initiative, led by the State Distance University (UNED) Puntarenas branch and the Nautical Fishing Center of the National Learning Institute (INA), is part …
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The alleged murderer of environmentalist Juan López, who had been denouncing the pollution caused by an open-pit iron oxide mine in a nature reserve in Honduras, was captured this Friday along with an accomplice, authorities reported. The 46-year-old activist was shot dead on the night of September 14 after leaving a Catholic church in Tocoa, …
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La Autoridad Nacional de Descentralización ha recibido hasta la fecha 198 informes de rendición de cuentas del Subprograma de Interés Social o Descentralización Paralela, lo que representa un avance del 26.25%.Así las cosas a una semana de que culmine el plazo para presentar los informes, faltan cerca de 564 juntas comunales y alcaldías en presentar …
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Un presupuesto general del Estado por $26,084 millones, menor a los aprobados en el 2023 y el 2024, presentó ayer el ministro de Economía y Finanzas, Felipe Chapman y fue aprobado por el Consejo de Gabinete en sesión extraordinaria.Un boletín oficial indica que el proyecto refleja una reducción del 15% ($5,402 millones) frente al presupuesto …
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El rescate quirúrgico arrancó ayer en la Caja de Seguro Social (CSS) y se han programado realizar por día entre 25 y 30 procedimientos invasivos y de 40 a 50 no invasivos en el Instituto Cardiovascular y Torácico de Ciudad de la Salud.El director médico del Instituto, Dr. Pedro Echeverría, indicó que se dará prioridad …