Hellen Somarribas
Hellen Somarribas is the General Director of the Dirección de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (Desaf) in Costa Rica, and she has been in the news for raising concerns about legal barriers that may prevent the transfer of funds for subsidies meant to support families caring for terminally ill patients and severely ill minors.
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Recent news mentions
Hellen Somarribas expressed agreement with the approval of a legal reform to resolve the funding issue.
Gobierno atribuye a Contraloría freno en pago de licencias de cuido, pese a barreras legales advertidas
Costa Rica· 2025-11-08
Hellen Somarribas is the Director of Social Development and Family Assignments who echoed warnings about funding limitations.
Bloqueo de Rodrigo Chaves: Cuidadores de personas enfermas exigen convocar proyecto. ‘Se nos han muerto cinco personas’Costa Rica· 2025-11-07
Hellen Somarribas, the general director of Fodesaf, was mentioned in the context of the subsidy project and its legal implications.
‘Don Rodrigo, no fuimos para que usted hiciera otro show político’: Cuidadora de persona enferma responde a presidente por bloqueo a proyecto de leyCosta Rica· 2025-11-05
Hellen Somarribas alerted that the social development fund is legally impeded from expanding the budget for the program.
Rodrigo Chaves bloquea reforma urgente para liberar subsidios para el cuido de enfermos terminales y menores gravesCosta Rica· 2025-11-05