Judges will rule in coming days on a lawsuit filed by unions and banana producers against a contract with Dutch company APM Terminals for the renovation of Moín Port on the Caribbean coast.
General Cañas Highway was closed Wednesday after heavy rains opened up a sinkhole. Airline passengers should expect long delays if traveling to the airport. Transit officials believe the route will be closed for at least a week.
Costa Rican hospitals are constantly faced with a shortage of blood supplies, and doctors say they would not have enough reserves to deal with a large national emergency. Lawmakers could help change that with a bill that would reorganize blood donations across the country.
Protesters flooded San José last weekend in front of the Legislative Assembly to call for the removal of the president of the assembly’s Human Rights Commission, Justo Orozco, who is an outspoken opponent of gay rights and in vitro fertilization.
