Carlos Alvarado: “Nos estamos quedando sin tiempo para actuar”
El presidente de Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, afirma en esta entrevista concedida a la revista National Geographic España que la crisis climática es el mayor reto de nuestra generación y reclama una actuación urgente y coordinada de todos los países para combatirla. El país centroamericano recibió en 2019 el premio Campeones de la Tierra, el mayor galardón ambiental de Naciones Unidas, por sus políticas en defensa del medio ambiente.
El presidente de Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, y la primera dama, la arquitecta Claudia Dobles, lideran el Plan Nacional de Descarbonización de este país centroamericano. En la imagen aparecen en el Parque Solar Cooperativo, inaugurado en marzo de 2019, que aporta electricidad producida a través de energías renovables a 5.000 familias de Pocosol de San Carlos, en la Zona Norte del país. El proyecto garantiza la continuidad del servicio eléctrico durante la época seca. Foto: Roberto Carlos Sánchez · @rosanchezphoto publicada en:https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/mundo-ng/nos-estamos-quedando-sin-tiempo-para-actuar_16259
Visita del presidente costarricense, Carlos Alvarado, al territorio indígena Telire, en el cantón de Talamanca, Costa Rica, el 9 de agosto de 2019. Foto: Roberto Carlos Sánchez · @rosanchezphoto publicada en: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/mundo-ng/nos-estamos-quedando-sin-tiempo-para-actuar_16259
Revista National Geographic España - https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/edicion-impresa/national-geographic-febrero-2021_16256
Empathy and solidarity was the tone of the messages expressed during a good part of the morning and afternoon in San José city, in a demonstration against xenophobia and support with immigrants and refugees from Nicaragua and other countries.
Several thousand Nicaraguans have fled from the escalating violence and political persecution in their home country to Costa Rica to apply for asylum there. Protests against the government of authoritarian President Ortega have been escalating in the Central American country since mid-April. According to human rights organizations, about 450 people have died in the protests so far.
Costa Rica 08/25/2018.
video and photos by : Roberto Carlos Sánchez @rosanchezphoto , some photos on assignment for DPA news agency.
A disguised man participates in a demonstration against xenophobia in Costa Rica and in support of in support of refugees from Nicaragua. Photo: Roberto Carlos Sanchez/dpa
A woman takes part in a demonstration against xenophobia in Costa Rica and in support of the refugees from Nicaragua. Photo: Roberto Carlos Sanchez/dpa
Many people take part in a demonstration against xenophobia in Costa Rica and in support of in support of refugees from Nicaragua. Photo: Roberto Carlos Sanchez/dpa
A woman calls out slogans during a demonstration against xenophobia in Costa Rica and in support of the refugees from Nicaragua. Photo: Roberto Carlos Sanchez/dpa
A woman wears a hair band with the inscription ‘Nicaragua me duele’ (Nicaragua hurts me) during a demonstration against xenophobia in Costa Rica and to support the refugees from Nicaragua. Photo: Roberto Carlos Sanchez/dpa
Demonstrators hold flags of Nicaragua and Venezuela at a demonstration against xenophobia in Costa Rica and in support of refugees from Nicaragua. Photo: Roberto Carlos Sanchez/dpa
Thousands of Nicaraguans have sought asylum in neighboring Costa Rica since April 2018
Nicaragua is involved in an escalation of violence since the first 2 weeks of April 2018, people have taken to the streets demanding President Daniel Ortega stand down, rights groups say more about 400 people have been killed many by the government repression and the participation of paramilitary groups, this situation has forced many citizens to leave the country to the neighboring Costa Rica, authorities have registered nearly 8,000 asylum claims and given future appointments to 15,000 other asylum seekers
