ICAN, as a network of organisations and campaigners, is completely reliant on the hard work and progress achieved by partner organisations at the national and international level. In Costa Rica, where the nuclear weapons issue has not traditionally been at the forefront of public discourse, campaigners have sought to raise the profile of the humanitarian initiative, both in terms of the new information about the risks of accidental or intentional detonations and the catastrophic consequences
By Carlos Umana Silesky This past May, IPPNW Costa Rica was excited to welcome Ward Wilson, scholar and nuclear myth-debunker extraordinaire, to San José for a 10-day visit. Mr Wilson is the author of the compelling 5 Myths About Nuclear Weapons , which comprehensively takes down the most prominent fallacies about nuclear weapons put forth by proponents of the status quo. Mr Wilson presented his work, with his characteristically engaging flair, at the Ministry of
Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla received 1,000 paper cranes from Hiroshima and signed a letter of support to
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