QCOSTARICA – “Al cole en bici” (to school on a bike) is the name of a project that provides students with a bicycle as an alternative, safe, environmentally friendly, easy-to-use means of transport with the aim of helping them to st...

QCOSTARICA – The de-escalation of Covid-19 beds in the Caja hospitals continues; however, the downward trend in hospitalizations has stopped, warns Román Macaya, executive president of the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS). “The...

QCOSTARICA – At days to Semana Santa (Easter Week), Costa Rica’s Minister of Health, Dr. Daniel Salas, asks Costa Rican planning to travel during the holidays to postpone if at all possible. “People who have to travel and who can po...

AS BEST AS scientists can tell, Neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago. But they did not vanish from the Earth entirely. In the past decade it has become clear that Neanderthals mated with the ancestors of modern humans, and that at least some...

Something that has been on the books for the longest time, but few know about: traffic lights in Costa Rica operate as a stop sign between 10:00 pm and 5:00 am. All traffic lights. Countrywide. This was highlighted recently by the Ministerio de Obras...

QCOSTARICA – The travel news site Viefromthewing.com reported Wednesday that the crew of an American Airlines flight was “robbed at gun point” on the way to the Juan Santamaría airport in Alajuela. According to the report, the depa...

QCOSTARICA – After 40 years working in the Foreign Ministry, Xinia Vargas Mora will have the challenge of managing relations with Nicaragua, this Tuesday the government confirmed her appointment as Ambassador to Nicaragua. Vargas is a lawyer an...

QCOSTARICA – Fitch Ratings affirmed this Tuesday Costa Rica’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘B’ with a Negative Outlook. In its report, the rating firm explained Costa Rica’s ‘B’ r...

QCOSTARICA – The Minister of Health, Dr. Daniel Salas, in one of his rare television appearances of late, took the opportunity during the weekly press conference from Casa Presidencial, to for responsibility and asked people not to go “lo...

QCOSTARICA – A new generation of debit or credit cards with which you can pay for purchases, use online banking and even sign a loan, among many other possibilities, is beginning to be a reality in Costa Rica. The first exponent in the country ...