Costa Rica considers declaring red alert due to hospital overcrowding caused by Covid-19
The National Emergency Commission (CNE) of Costa Rica is considering the possibility of decreeing a red alert due to the...
May 9, 2021Topic
Costa Rica
Costa Rica sets record for number of hospitalized in its worst moment of the pandemic
Costa Rican authorities counted this Wednesday 1,123 people hospitalized by covid-19, of which 405 are in intensive care units, in...
May 6, 2021
Ombudsman’s Office asks to suspend classes due to the increase of Covid cases in Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Ombudsman's Office asked the Government this Wednesday to suspend the school year to guarantee the right to...
May 5, 2021
President aims at IMF agreement and defeating pandemic in Costa Rica
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, expressed this Tuesday in his annual report before...
May 4, 2021
Costa Rica’s exports recover 11 % in the first quarter
Costa Rica's exports of goods during the first quarter of 2021 reached US$3.34 billion, a growth of 11 % compared...
April 21, 2021
Uruguay leads Latin America’s energy transition and Sweden leads the world’s
The South American country slipped 2 places with respect to the 2020 ranking, although it remained in a very prominent...
April 21, 2021
IMF slightly revises growth forecast for Brazil’s GDP in 2021
In a report released on Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) hardly changed its forecasts for the growth of the...
April 6, 2021
After almost three years of starting work, Costa Rica and Panama inaugurate Binational Bridge
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After years of paperwork and delays in the works, the construction of a bridge between...
March 7, 2021
Analysis: Demand for clean energy indirectly threatens one of Ecuador’s most biodiverse areas
The balsa boom (known as balso in other countries) fills the pockets of many, but also leaves problems in its...
March 4, 2021