QCOSTARICA – This Semana Santa, if the number of daily new cases continues on its current trend, we will not see the harsh sanitary restrictions of last year. At least that is the word for now from the government of Carlos Alvarado, as they do ...

QCOSTARICA – Panasonic announced that it will invest US$10 million dollars in the expansion of its plant in Costa Rica, in order to move a production line from Asia. The company explained, in a statement, this Tuesday, March 2, that the investm...

QCOSTARICA – A total of 24 travelers, so far, face problems with the law when discovered trying to leave Costa Rica, through the San Jose airport, with a fake covid-19 test. Though Costa Rica does not require a covid test to leave the country b...

QCOSTARICA – Before I get into my opinion of the irresponsible actions of the immigration service and the ICT, good news for tourists who entered Costa Rica on or after December 17, 2019, and November 30, 2020, the March 2, 2021, leave the coun...

RICO’s DIGET – As we begin the month of March, I can’t help but think back on what we have been through over the course of the past year. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbr...

QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) reports applying a total of 149,812 vaccines against covid-19, reaching a national application rate of 2.90 per 100 inhabitants; this according to the Vaccination Information System (S...

Q24N – The Nuevas Ideas (NI) party of President Nayib Bukele and partner Gran Alianza Nacional (GANA) party would obtain at least 56 of the 84 seats in the Congress of El Salvador, which would give them a qualified majority and great strength t...

Q REPORTS – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to outline his vision of Washington’s Latin America policy at the next Summit of the Americas, to be held in the United States in April 2021. However, the contours of the new administration...

QCOSTARICA – The so-called Costa Rican space agency, recently approved by Congress, does not have to be a bureaucratic giant, with a large office that requires a lot of investment, argued Franklin Chang, former NASA astronaut, and director of t...

QCOSTARICA – Loans in dollars, which had a great boom in 2000, began to slow down since 2016 and today, despite the fact that rates are still lower than in colones, it is no longer so attractive for those who do not have income in colones In 20...