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Juan Fernando Lara Salas
San Jose
Costa Rica
La Nacion newspaper / nacion.com
Media Types
Print
Online
Climate Change Media Partnership
2022

Biography

Juan Fernando Lara Salas is a Costa Rican journalist. He received a bachelor's degree in mass communication/journalism in 1997 and a master's degree in political science in 2001 from the University of Costa Rica.

He is a senior journalist for La Nación, the most influential national newspaper in the country, where he has worked since 1997. He is currently in the National News section for both the digital and print editions of this newspaper.

He deals with issues such as public services, environment, energy and public policy. By the nature of the topics, there are public data reviews and publications on science and technology advancements and how all of this relates to our current climate crisis.

He also won the Journalist of the Year award in 2012 for his coverage of the presidential election. That same year he also reported from Venezuela and the United States.

Stories

Residents of neighborhoods in La Lima de Cartago suffered extensive damage from recent floods. (Jose Cordero)

COP27: Costa Rica Among First Recipients of G7 Climate Disaster Funds

La Nacion| Juan Fernando Lara Salas
"There are moments when you are more in the forefront and in others less, but the point is to stay there as it happens in other initiatives," said Ana Patricia Villalobos, a participant in COP27. (Juan Fernando Lara Salas)

Chief Negotiator Rejects Criticism of Costa Rica's Withdrawal from Oil and Gas Initiative

La Nacion| Juan Fernando Lara Salas
people waiting in a line

COP27: Egypt Blocks Human Rights and Press Sites Amid Suspicion of Monitoring Attendees

La Nacion| Juan Fernando Lara Salas
a beach in sharm

Sharm el-Sheikh, A 'City of Peace' But of Caution

La Nacion| Juan Fernando Lara Salas
satellite image of land from above

COP27: What You Need to Know About the UN Climate Conference This Year

La Nacion| Juan Fernando Lara Salas

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