QCOSTARICA – The Minister of Tourism, Gustavo Seguro, announced this Tuesday afternoon an agreement for private laboratories to help in conducting covid-19 tests for travelers bound for the United States, Canada, Spain, the United Kingdom and o...

QCOSTARICA – José Uriel de los Ángeles Delgado Corrales, known affectionately as “Chepito”, at 120 and the oldest Costa Rican, received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Chepito was the first resident of the Pieda...

QCOSTARICA – Road construction, more to the point, delivery of finish projects, has been a low point for Costa Rica’s Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) – Ministry of Public Works and Transport. Major projects around ...

QCOSTARICA – It might seem unbelievable to most, but let us assure you, this is all in a day’s work for the crews in charge of street markings across the country: potholes or not, the demarcations must be made. For this, a group of reside...

QCOSTARICA – A young man survived after jumping on his bicycle from the roof of an ice cream parlor and suffering a severe blow to the head Monday afternoon in Playa Jacó, Puntarenas. He is Álvaro Esquivel, a 22-year-old athlete who is dedica...

Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica Photo by Silivan Munguarakarama via Unsplash.

QCOSTARICA -A group of legislators is pressuring the government to take advantage of the current period of extraordinary sessions to process the legislation that regulates the market for medical marijuana and hemp. They asked President Carlos Alavara...

QCOSTARICA – The Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Costa Rica is excepted to accelerate likely in February when the number of vaccines received in January would double, thanks to the arrival of the first doses developed by AstraZeneca. “By Feb...

QCOSTARICA – January continues a cold month, as cold pushes linger past the traditional first week of the year. The effect of a new cold push will again accelerate the trade winds starting this Tuesday and it is expected that during Wednesday a...

Andrey Amador Bikkazakova is the first Costa Rican to compete in the Tour de France as a professional road bicycle racer. Andrey rode with Movistar Team for much of his career before joining UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers for the 2020 season. Andrey ...