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.
Costa Rica’s Dental Surgeons Association issued a warning recently that some dentists’ prices are too low to be safe. For medical tourists shopping for a bargain, experts recommend a balance between low prices and high quality.
In videos posted on YouTube this week, Richard Dean Anderson, Pam Anderson and Bob Barker spoke out against the possible extradition of marine conservationist Paul Watson to Costa Rica.
