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Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:49:12 +0000
90,000 people have disappeared amid Mexico’s drug war
Q REPORTS – Cacti, rock, mountains and gray desert sand, dotted with the remains of abandoned, gutted buildings. That’s all there is to see at the foot of the Picachos del Fraile mountain outside the northern Mexican industrial city of Mo...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:38:02 +0000
ICE hikes international connection speed to 70 Gbps
QCOSTARICA – User of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) will benefit from an expansion in the capacity of international data traffic, as the state-owned operator announced it has successfully finalized tests to expand the capacit...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:24:29 +0000
Carolina Hidalgo accepts defeat and criticizes the PAC’s debt to women
QCOSTARICA – A week after voting took place, legislator Carolina Hidalgo accepted the defeat in the convention for the Partido Accion Cuiadana (PAC), with a speech minutes after the party announced the final results of the election Monday night...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:58:35 +0000
Christmas in August? Some stores are already selling seasonal items
QCOSTARICA – Christmas comes early to stores, typically around August when retail stores and supermarket chains in Costa Rica attract attention on social networks. And each year the comments are varied: from those surprised, to those who are ha...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:18:28 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction August 31: Plates ending in “3 & 4” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Tuesday, August 31, vehicles with plates ending in 3 & 4 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. This weekend will also be...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:14:02 +0000
Driver’s license expires on September 30 for hundreds of foreigners
QCOSTARICA – On September 30, the decree that established the last extension expires so that foreigners who have their driver’s license approved in Costa Rica are not fined. In the country, there are hundreds of foreigners who have been p...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:57:29 +0000
New shirts of the National Team unleash criticism in networks
QCOSTARICA – The new jerseys of the Selección Nacional or Sele (National Team) that represents men’s international soccer have aroused criticism from the fans on social networks. The fan of the national team is not tuning in with the sty...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:50:45 +0000
Why Sleeping in on Weekends Is Dangerous
Over a third of Americans sleep less than 6 hours per night — at least 1 hour less than what somnologists advise. Chronic sleep deprivation leads to a range of negative effects like mood swings, memory issues, traffic accidents, arguments at work, ...

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:34:17 +0000
Director of Avianca: ‘Travel for tourism is what is growing the most and Costa Rica is the destination par excellence’
QCOSTARICA – The pandemic forced Avianca airlines to rethink its business strategy in Costa Rica and resume some flights that were canceled just two years ago. In 2019, the Colombian flag airline decided to lay off 91 people in Costa Rica and c...

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:32:16 +0000
The PAC still without a presidential candidate
QCOSTARICA – It’s been a week – eight days actually – since the PAC convention and the internal election to nominate a presidential candidate. And while both Carolina Hidalgo and Welmer Ramos, one of which will get the nominat...



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