Costa Rica News
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 23:32:00 +0000Some party!: 1,000 Costa Ricans celebrated independence on a cruise on the Hudson River
QCOSTARICA – Being far away did not stop 1,000 Ticos (Costa Ricans) living in the United States from celebrating the bicentennial of independence. This Saturday, September 11 at 9 pm they met on a cruise ship that sailed on the Hudson River, in...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:57:05 +0000Independence Torch Arrived in Costa Rica This Monday Morning
QCOSTARICA – The Independence Torch arrived in Costa Rica this Monday morning, received at the Peñas Blancas border by the Minister of Education, Guiselle Cruz, then passed on to Shirley Quirós Ledezma, a student at the La Cruz Experimental B...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:13:04 +0000Improvements to tolls in Río Segundo and Naranjo after years of deterioration
QCOSTARICA – After years of deterioration and antiquity, work has already begun to modernize the toll collection stations in Río Segundo (east of the San Jose airport) and Naranjo de Alajuela on the Ruta 1. The Ruta Uno trust, administr...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:26:39 +0000More than 22,000 Nicaraguans request refuge in Costa Rica in 2021
QCOSTARICA – “I know that I am here for security reasons, to safeguard my life and my integrity, but it has been quite difficult. It is a change of culture, a change of currency, a total change of life. I’m completely starting from scra...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:04:47 +0000Organizer of march in Costa Rica against Daniel Ortega injured in ‘targeted attack’
QCOSTARICA – The young Nicaraguan opponent against Daniel Ortega in exile in Costa Rica, Joao Maldonado, was seriously injured this Saturday after being shot by two men on a motorcycle while traveling in a vehicle through Escazú. Maldonado, 34...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:51:00 +0000Ortega calls on citizens not to stay “locked up” at home
TODAY NICARAGUA – Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, underestimates ‘new Covid outbreak’, dismissing the accelerated increase of deaths and contagions due to the resurgence of covid-19, which has reached the limit of the capacity of Nicara...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:43:46 +0000People with second dose against covid-19 are 10 times less likely to be hospitalized and die
QCOSTARICA -People completely vaccinated against covid-19 are five times less likely to become ill with covid-19, 10 times less risk of being hospitalized and 11 times less risk of dying compared to those who have not been vaccinated. These are the c...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:24:26 +0000Mexico’s Supreme Court Greenlit Abortion. Will Doctors and Nurses Listen?
NYTimes (MEXICO CITY) – As soon as the nurse found out that she had an abortion at home, Fernanda García knew she was in danger. The nurse began yelling that she was a criminal, that what she had done was wrong, that she would be sent to jai...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:17:46 +0000Protesters Across Brazil Demand Bolsonaro’s Impeachment
Q24N – Several protests broke out in Brasilia and across 14 capital cities of the country’s 26 states on Sunday with demonstrators demanding the impeachment of the country’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian broadcaster Glob...
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:01:06 +0000Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 13: Plates ending in “1 & 2” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Monday, September 13, despite being a national holiday, vehicles with plates ending in 1 & 2 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known ...