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Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:53:42 +0000
Cooling off at the beach!
Granizado, an icy beverage that varies regionally. In Costa Rica, it consists of shaved ice topped with flavored sugar syrup and “pinito” (powdered milk). Granizado is the Costa Rican version of a slushee or Slurpee style beverage, a snow...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:42:55 +0000
Vehicular Restrictions for Semana Santa and April
QCOSTARICA – The sanitary vehicle restrictions for Semana Santa (Easter Week) that unofficially began this Friday afternoon and continues to Sunday, April 4, continue the same as for March. To recap, The countrywide restrictions from 11:00 pm t...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 23:21:07 +0000
Legisaltors take early vacactions!!!!
While Semana Santa (Easter Week) is vacation time in Costa Rica, this year more so, given the strictest of restrictions last year, but the country’s lawmakers, who are expected to set an example, did just the opposite. The Legislative Assembly ...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 12:57:10 +0000
Former president asks Alvarado to lead a “Great Alliance for Central America” ​​to visit Biden
QCOSTARICA – Former president Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998 – 2002), asked President Carlos Alvarado to lead a call for Central American leaders to visit Joe Biden in Washington, in order to establish bilateral agreements through a ̶...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:40:12 +0000
Democracy and Ethnic Conflict: Blacks in Costa Rica
The Slave trade contributed a lot to the settlement of the black population in Cost Rica. Being a Spanish colony, blacks were important in providing labor to the colony’s farms, households, and livestock. After Costa Rica gained independence, the b...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:29:25 +0000
Keylor Navas Rated The World’s Greatest Goalkeeper
Arguably, Alessandro Florenzi might be a tad biased, but when it comes to determining who the world’s best goalkeeper is, the Italian international is emphatic about who’s No. 1. He’s certain that it’s his Paris Saint-Germain club mate and Co...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 10:22:32 +0000
Why task management software is so important to the success of remote working 
When thinking of working remotely, you often imagine people sitting in their pajamas, lavishly draped over their sofas with a hot mug of coffee and a laptop open in front of them, taking things at a leisurely pace while also watching their favorite N...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:19:37 +0000
Deaths associated with covid-19 displaced heart attacks as leading cause of deaths in 2020
QCOSTARICA – Deaths associated to covid-19 displaced heart attacks in 2020, as the leading cause of death in Costa Rica. According to data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) – National Institute of Statistics and ...

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 00:05:02 +0000
4 cantons will have a dry law for Semana Santa
QCOSTARICA – The Unión Nacional de Gobiernos Locales (UNGL) – National Union of Local Governments – reported this Thursday the municipalities that will or will not apply the “ley seca” (dry law) for Seman Santa. The mun...

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:46:12 +0000
S&P maintains Costa Rica’s rating but warns of a possible downgrade if loan with the IMF fails
QCOSTARICA – The risk rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) confirmed Wednesday, March 25, its long-term sovereign ratings in local and foreign currency of ‘B’ for Costa Rica, but made it clear that it could lower it if ...



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