AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoTech & Innovation: Costa Rica is helping lead a Central American 5G Innovation Hackathon, with teams building prototypes using the country’s 5G testbed (Oct. 5–9), alongside MICITT, the EU and CeNAT. Timekeeping Update: A new decree modernizes Costa Rica’s official time standard using atomic clocks at ICE-Lametro, keeping everyday hours the same but tightening the scientific baseline. UN Spotlight: In the UN Security Council’s second straw poll for the next secretary-general, Guyana’s Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett edged ahead, while Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan slipped to second. Diplomacy: Azerbaijan’s new ambassador presented credentials to President Laura Fernández, highlighting investment and peace talks with Armenia. Justice & Fraud: Authorities investigate a nursing home owner accused of collecting about $750,000 in pension payments from a U.S. retiree who died in 2005. Public Policy: Opposition parties challenge President Fernández’s “state secret” security decree at Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court.
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