Two more tropical waves are expected to hit Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast this week. The first will hit Thursday and the National Emergency Comission (CNE) announced a red alert for the districts of Cóbano, Lepanto and Paquera.
The dialogue between the government and public sector unions that aimed to end the general strike stalled this Monday. There were mutual accusations of intransigence between the parties, which are preparing to resume talks another day.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, nearly 40 million people suffer from undernourishment, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Representatives from the government and public-sector unions got together Wednesday in a preliminary meeting to seek an agreement to stop the general strike that has gripped the country since Sept. 10.
