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Tue, 12 Jan 2021 08:38:35 +0000
What is Reddit and Using It for Business
Reddit is a giant forum with 430 million users. In May 2020, 1.5 billion people visited it. This makes Reddit one of the most popular resources on the web. The United States has the largest share of traffic, followed by the United Kingdom and Canada....

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 05:58:32 +0000
Three-quarters of Wuhan patients hospitalized for Covid-19 still had symptoms 6 months later, Chinese study finds
(CNN) Most patients who had been hospitalized with Covid-19 still suffered a variety of symptoms — including fatigue and sleep difficulties — six months after infection, a Chinese study has found. The study of more than 1,700 patients tre...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:50:12 +0000
At 140 meters tall: the new giant of Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Just to the north side of the National Stadium, in La Sabana, in San Jose’s west side, a new 140-meter-tall building has become the tallest in Costa Rica. It is the Leumi Business Center, which exceeds Tower 2 Paseo Colón by...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:16:59 +0000
The young woman who always dreamed of being a police officer is now fighting for her life after being shot in the head
QCOSTARICA – Kimberly Suárez Narváez always dreamed of being police. Almost three years in to her dream, the 23-year-old remains in hospital in delicate condition after being shot in the head during a call of a domestic violence in Heredia. T...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:55:36 +0000
Comptroller questions vehicle exemption to attract foreign pensioners
QCOSTARICA – The Comptroller General (CGR) detected a loophole in a bill that would allow foreign investors to enter the country without paying import taxes, which could eventually be marketed without paying taxes. “The text enables these...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:40:40 +0000
Private sector offers 1,200 pharmacies to expedite vaccination against Covid-19
QCOSTARICA – To streamline the process, the 1,200 private pharmacies in the Costa Rica have proposed to join the vaccination campaign against Covid-19. This and other proposals was organized by the Cámara de la Salud (Chamber of Health). What ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:18:21 +0000
Sanitary vehicle restriction influenced a 32% drop in road deaths
QCOSTARICA – A 32% decrease in road deaths last year would be an indirect effect of the health vehicle restriction introduced since mid-March as a measure to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. At least that is how traffic authorities jus...

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 17:29:44 +0000
Covid-19 in Costa Rica: Latest report for Januay 10
QCOSTARICA – It’s been some days since I have posted a new report on the covid-19 situation in Costa Rica. It’s not for the lack of interest, though the concern of the earlier months seems to have dissipated, not that I am not being...

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:30:05 +0000
United Airlines opens two new routes to Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – The Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (lLIR), in Liberia, Guanacaste, received this weekend two new routes from the United Airlines airline from two U.S. major cities, San Francisco (SFO)  and Los Angeles (LAX). The inau...

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:10:10 +0000
The real “Jurassic Park” in Costa Rica with 140 meter waterfalls
QCOSTARICA – A waterfall of more than 140 meters and a canyon with giant stone walls decorate an area never before penetrated by humans. The Toros Canyoning group, experts in canyoning (a vertical sport with ropes focused on the exploration of ...



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