The worldwide pandemic has devastated the world’s health care systems. Poorer and underdeveloped countries have especially been hit hard by the current health crisis. For years relocation organizations have been promoting Panama as a retirement hav...

QCOSTARICA – In a pandemic year where global value chains were broken, key economies for Costa Rica fell and a very strong drop in global investment flows was estimated, foreign companies continued to invest in the country. The information comp...

QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health and the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) joined forces to provide facilities to people who want or need to travel to countries such as the United States (starting January 26) and the United Kingdom, Canada and...

QCOSTARICA – In a little over a year, in February 2022, Costa Ricans will take to the polls to elect a new president. General elections in Costa Rica are held every four years in accordance with the Constitution of Costa Rica. The President, to...

QCOSTARICA – Health authorities said on Thursday they will maintain the vaccination against COVID-19 of vulnerable groups despite the notification from Pfizer it would resume vaccine shipments to the country in mid-February. The Ministry of Hea...

Q24N – Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The Honduran Congress, with a conservative majority, approved Thursday a reform in the Constitution to toughen the abortion ban, in force since 1982, despite pressure from feminist organizations and United Nations ...

QCOSTARICA – This report may seem odd to some, but not for those who the grocery shopping, who noted the sharp increase in prices of tomato at the supermarket and farmer’s fairs across the country. Tomato prices skyrocketed in December an...

QCOSTARICA – KLM, the Dutch airline, decided to suspend all its long-haul international flights starting this Friday, including those to and from Costa Rica. This measure responds to the new covid-19 prevention regulations announced on Wednesda...

Q TRAVEL – U.S. President Joe Biden signed on Thursday an order mandating, aside from providing a negative Covid -19 test before boarding, all travelers coming from abroad – U.S. citizens and permanent residents include – will have ...

QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado has asked Congress to go to him, at Casa Presidencial, if they want to question him for his part in the investigation into the UPAD – the stealth political analysis unit – In a lette...