The Latin American country of Costa Rica has achieved the milestone of generating 100 per cent of its energy from renewable resources, with a combination of hydropower and geothermal for 75 days in a row, the the state-owned Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) said.

When you hear the phrase “cannabis advocate,” you might picture someone with wild hair and a Bob Marley T-shirt. But Gerald Murray is nothing like that. At a news conference on Tuesday morning, he was smartly groomed and wore a blazer.

En el marco de la Cátedra Rodrigo Carazo Odio, el Dr. Daniel Chávez, investigador del Transnational Institute de Ámsterdam (TNI) planteó algunas alternativas ante la conformación de monopolios, el aumento de tarifas y la exclusión social que ha provocado la privatización de los servicios públicos en algunos países de América Latina.