Food security: Soaring prices squeeze family budgets around the world
Thomson Reuters Foundation reporters KIM HARRISBERG, ANASTASIA MOLONEY, ROLI SRIVASTAVA, NANCHANOK WONGSAMUTH and MAYA GEBEILY speak to five people across the globe about how they are coping with rising food prices…
Costa Rica priest sings public health message amid pandemic
San Jose, Costa RicaAP A Roman Catholic priest better known for his outreach to the poor is winning new fans with his catchy public health-focused lyrics set to a popular 1990s salsa tune as Costa Rica experiences its worst moment of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the past two Sundays, Sergio Valverde has performed his song […]
Costa Rica eyes billions of dollars in savings with net-zero emissions
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Costa Rica’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 will net $US41 billion in economic benefits over the next three decades and set an example of the “right road to follow” for other nations, its President and environment minister said on Tuesday. The fiscal payoff of decarbonising the Central American nation, […]
Costa Rica backs UN treaty to combat forced labour
Thomson Reuters Foundation Costa Rica vowed on Monday to ramp up its fight against modern slavery by signing a United Nations treaty that requires countries to identify and rescue victims of forced labor, provide them with compensation and punish human traffickers. The Central American nation is the 47th country globally and the fifth in Latin […]
More nature, more jobs? Green investment seen as driver of coronavirus recovery
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation In recent decades, Costa Rica has doubled its forest cover while tripling the size of its economy – an example of how better protecting nature can create jobs rather than curb them, the Central American country’s environment minister said Wednesday. “Restoring nature is not a burden to economic development,” said Carlos […]
Essay: Refugees tell stories of problems – and unity – in facing the coronavirus
In an article first published on The Conversation, KAREN JACOBSEN and CHARLES SIMPSON, of Tufts University in the US, report on the experiences of refugees around the world during the coronavirus pandemic…
Nicaragua crisis forces 60,000 people to flee homes in past year – UN
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly one year after anti-government protests began in Nicaragua, tens of thousands of people have fled the country in fear for their lives, the United Nations said on Tuesday. About 62,000 Nicaraguans have been forced from their homes in the Central American nation, of which 55,500 have sought safety in Costa […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: COSTA RICA LAUNCHES “UNPRECEDENTED” PUSH FOR ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050
SEBASTIAN RODRIGUEZ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from Central America…
COSTA RICA: AFTER NATE, COUNTRY LOOKS TO MEASURE MENTAL HEALTH DAMAGE TOO
SEBASTIAN RODRIGUEZ, writing for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the Central American nation is including mental health impacts in its damage assessments conducted in the aftermath of 2017’s tropical storm Nate…
COSTA RICA: HOW A YOUTH ORCHESTRA HAS HELPED TO CHANGE THE TUNE IN A SHANTYTOWN
SOPHIE HARES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the working class neighbourhood of La Carpio in San Jose…