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Mon, 03 May 2021 22:32:06 +0000
Ousting of El Salvador’s Top Prosecutor Imperils Rule of Law
Insightcrime.org – The decision by legislators aligned with El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to oust the country’s top prosecutor may spell the end of several crucial organized crime cases. On May 1, Congress voted to remove Attorney Ge...

Mon, 03 May 2021 22:19:46 +0000
Colombia: Riots leave at least 19 dead and more 800 injured in five days
QCOLOMBIA – The violence registered in different cities across Colombia during the last five days of massive protests against the controversial tax reform, has left 19 dead and more than 800 injured by this Monday afternoon. In Cali, Colombia’s t...

Mon, 03 May 2021 21:43:18 +0000
Down to to only 10 beds for ‘very critical’ covid patients
QCOSTARICA – This Monday noon, May 3, the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CSS) reported there were only ten free beds to receive Covid-19 patients in critical condition. The figures of the institutional report, with hospital occupation dat...

Mon, 03 May 2021 15:50:18 +0000
Mexico reports its first case of India COVID variant
Q24N – Mexico detected its first case of the India COVID variant, health authorities reported. The infected person is from San Luis Potosí, a state located in north-central Mexico. “Yesterday (Saturday) we were notified of three new isol...

Mon, 03 May 2021 15:16:20 +0000
Two people die every day in Costa Rica in traffic accidents
QCOSTARICA – Two people die, on average, every day in our country due to road accidents, collisions, or rollovers, according to a report from the Planning Department of the Poder Judicial (Judiciary) for 2019. According to the report, 792 peopl...

Mon, 03 May 2021 11:51:00 +0000
San Jose and Central Valley woke up this morning to closures and vehicular restrictions
QCOSTARICA – Due to the increase in covid infections in the middle of the third pandemic wave, the Government ordered the closure of non-essential businesses in the central area of the country from today, Monday, May, 3 to Sunday, May 9. Except...

Mon, 03 May 2021 06:15:07 +0000
Airport Police apprehend American carrying crocodile head
QCOSTARICA – Authorities from the Air Surveillance Service (SVA) – airport police – apprehended an American named Dale, who was in possession of an alligator head. The detention took place on Saturday afternoon at the Daniel Oduber ...

Mon, 03 May 2021 06:00:45 +0000
Caja will start vaccination against covid-19 of people with risk factors between 18 and 57 years old
QCOSTARICA – In order to maintain the rate of vaccination against covid-19 in the health areas that show the greatest progress in this process and have greater options for using the AstraZeneca vaccine, the National Vaccination Commission and E...

Mon, 03 May 2021 05:30:40 +0000
Swiss City Wants to Send Homeless to Other European Cities
Q REPORTS – Switzerland, a country with the highest density of millionaires, a high density of billionaires, and its economy one of the world’s most advanced free-market economies, the country is not immune to the problem of homelessness....

Sun, 02 May 2021 14:05:34 +0000
After 200 years, two women manage to preside over Congress in the same period
QCOSTARICA – It took 200 years, but it was achieved, two women to preside over Congress in the same legislative period (2018-2022). On Saturday, May 1, Silvia Hernández, legislator for the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN), was elected legisl...



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