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Fri, 06 Aug 2021 06:05:02 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 6: Plates ending in “9 & 0” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Friday, August 6, vehicles with license plates ending in 9 & 0 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 9:00 pm to 5:00...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:16:03 +0000
300,000 Costa Ricans lived in the worst conditions during the confinement of the pandemic
QCOSTARICA – When you live in a small house and it is difficult to have food on the table every day, facing the confinement of the pandemic is even more difficult. That is what Celia Sandí and her family experienced during the last year. In th...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:58:28 +0000
First two crashes to new trains cost Incofer US$30,000
QCOSTARICA – It was inevitable. It was never a question of if they will crash into the new trains, but when. The latest, the third in the first three months of the new trains going into operation, occurred on Wednesday, in Heredia. The emergenc...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:36:09 +0000
Will the U.S. demand that all people be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter their country?
QCOSTARICA – The Biden administration is developing a plan to require nearly all foreign visitors to the United States to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of eventually lifting travel restrictions that bar much of the world from ent...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:09:31 +0000
12 years and over will be vaccinated according to availability of doses
QCOSTARICA – Given the low influx of people over 20 years of age to vaccinate, some Health Areas such as in Tibás (San José), Santa Bárbara (Heredia), and in Zarcero (in Alajuela), they are already vaccinating people 12 years of age and over...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:00:17 +0000
Use of styrofoam packaging is prohibited in Costa Rica as of August 7
QCOSTARICA – Sodas, restaurants, retailers and other commercial establishments are prohibited from this Saturday, August 7, to deliver their products in expanded polystyrene, more commonly known as styrofoam (estereofón in Spanish) packaging. ...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 11:45:44 +0000
How Does Breaking News Break in Cuba?
Q REPORTS (VOA) The protests that shook Cuba earlier this month started spontaneously and spread rapidly on social media, providing a clear demonstration of the challenges the new technologies pose to authoritarian governments. On July 11, that the m...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 06:36:52 +0000
Latin America Sets an Example in Welcoming Displaced Venezuelans
Q REPORTS – CARACAS (IPS) – The exodus of more than five million Venezuelans in the last six years has led countries in the developing South, Venezuela’s neighbors, to set an example with respect to welcoming and integrating displaced p...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 06:05:20 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 5: Plates ending in “7 & 8” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Thursday, August 5, vehicles with license plates ending in 7 & 8 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 9:00 pm to 5:...

Thu, 05 Aug 2021 04:55:45 +0000
Marriott in Costa Rica Now Pet Friendly Hotels
Q TRAVEL – Within the framework of Dog Day, on July 21, Costa Rica Marriott Hacienda Belén and Los Sueños Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort announced their conversion to pet friendly properties, and joined the group of Marriott hotels that alr...



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