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Tue, 23 Mar 2021 07:40:16 +0000
Study debunks myth that women are lousy drivers
QCOSTARICA – Are men better drivers than women? Many seem to think so, but a famous insurance company got behind the wheel and took on the task of confirming whether this is true or total BS. According to Acierto.com, an independent insurance c...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:33:18 +0000
106 thousand people have already received their two doses against covid-19
QCOSTARICA – A total of 106,227 people already have the two doses against covid-19, according to the  Sistema Integrado de Vacunas (SIVA) de la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Caja) Integrated Vaccine System of the Costa Rican Social Secu...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:23:00 +0000
Firefighters mourning the death of Onix, the search dog
QCOSTARICA – The Bomberos (Fire Department) is mourning Onix, the best performing dog in the Bomberos’ Canine Operational Unit in the country. At the age of 12, Onix died this Monday, March 22, of natural causes. He was a labrador retriev...

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:05:14 +0000
Domestic flights at Juan Santamaría Airport begin to recover
QCOSTARICA – Domestic flights at the Juan Santamaría SJO Domestic Termina are experiencing a tepid recovery, after the forced pause caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Passenger traffic at the “domestic terminal” is 42% for the first ...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:50:16 +0000
Ombudsman requires AyA to correct exorbitant bill problems
QCOSTARICA – The Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AyA), the state water and sewers utility, is proving to be one tough organization, denying and resisting all efforts by the central government to control its out-of-control billing practices. The l...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 17:07:53 +0000
Private Sector Proposes Rapid Antigen Test to Help Revive the Economy
QCOSTARICA – Workers and educators, as well as private sector employers, could increase their productivity while improving health conditions, using rapid antigen tests through licensed private clinics and laboratories, if the concept were autho...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:05:00 +0000
Challenges facing a potential new government in Nicaragua
There will be those who feel it makes no sense to talk now about the dangers that a government that succeeds the Ortega dictatorship would encounter. They may be right, but I think that it is necessary to do so. Likewise, to talk about the political ...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:53:18 +0000
Three Volcanoes Increase Their Eruptive Activity in Guatemala
Q24N – Guatemala’s National Institute of Volcanology (INSIVUMEH) on Wednesday informed that the Pacaya, Fuego, and Santiaguito volcanoes intensified their eruptive activity and warned about volcanic material that could fall on nearby comm...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:47:26 +0000
El Salvador: Lightning Kills Olympic Surfing Hopeful While Training
Q24N – El Salvador’s top women surfer and Tokyo Olympics hopeful, Katherine Diaz Hernandez, has been killed by lightning on a beach. She was preparing for May’s International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surf Games, which will serve ...

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:43:38 +0000
After a century of plunder, US imperialism turns away Central American refugees
Q REPORTS (WSWS.ORG) An unprecedented human exodus is underway across the Americas, as 2 million people—nearly a 10th of the population of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala—are expected to flee to the United States in the coming months. The US ...



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