Costa Rica News
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:34:14 +0000For the second consecutive year no Festival of Light, Carnaval or Tope
QCOSTARICA – The Municipality of San José announced this Wednesday that this year, for the second consecutive year, there will not be the traditional year-end celebration of the Festival de la Luz (the Festival of Light). The municipality also...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:10:29 +0000Honduras makes “historic” purchase of bananas from Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – For the first time in its history, Honduras had to import bananas, after IOTA and ETA hurricanes destroyed a large part of the plantations at the end of last year. Therefore, to supply the local market, the country decided to turn ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:56:19 +0000Camera captures two jaguar siblings hunting in Guanacaste beach
TODAY COSTA RICA – A pair of sibling jaguars (Panthera onca) was recorded in early March in a camera trap at the Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) – Guanacaste Conservation Area. The video reflects the good time that this species of...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:43:44 +0000Large illegal market for false tests for covid-19
QCOSTARICA – The illegal market for false covid-19 tests has already produced 15 complaints and an alert call, this Wednesday, by the College of Microbiologists and Clinical Chemists (CMQC). “In many areas of the country, PCR and antigen ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:58:22 +0000Incofer suspends San Jose-Heredia-Alajuela service. Again!
HQ – The Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) indefinitely suspended the urban train service on the San José-Heredia-Alajuela line, after inspecting the newly built retaining wall, to correct a slip on the track in Santa Rosa de ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:58:30 +0000The Internet, the stone in the Cuban government’s shoe
Q REPORTS (Havana) “Lies”, “manipulation”, “subversion”: Raúl Castro, who handed over the reins of the Communist Party of Cuba this Monday, does not mince words to talk about the Internet, which has become the opp...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:10:09 +0000Today’s Coronavirus News: Costa Rica went from 3,000 weekly infections to 6,000 in 14 days
QCOSTARICA – In the last two weeks, the country doubled the new cases of covid-19, from 3,000 weekly cases to 6,000. In the past week alone, the country added 1,121 new cases on Wednesday, April 14, 1,121 on Thursday, April 15, 1,044 on Friday,...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:06:16 +0000President tells Tico “Whoever can, better to travel abroad to get vaccinated”
QCOSTARICA – This toon my Crhoy.com captures well the differences between the haves and have nots in Costa Rica. In the caption, the President tells Ticos: “Whoever can, better to travel abroad to get vaccinated”. Read also: Touri...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:56:38 +0000March the most active month in tourists arrivals since borders were opened
QCOSTARICA – With 89,263 international arrivals, March became the month with the best tourist visitation to Costa Rica since the gradual reopening of the air border last August. The last time the country had such a positive number of travelers ...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 12:48:12 +0000CDC recommends US citizens travel fully vaccinated to Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) raised the alert about Covid-19 in Costa Rica to the maximum category. This means that the probability of getting Covid-19 in our country is very high and all Americans should avoid travel...