Costa Rica News
Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:01:48 +0000Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 24: Plates ending in “9 & 0” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Friday, September 24, vehicles with 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 am ...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:11:03 +0000Why the billions in English are not like the billions in Spanish
What amount would you prefer to have saved in the bank, one billion colones or one trillion colones? The figures almost never lie: 1,000,000,000 is clearly less than 1,000,000,000,000 so it is almost certain that if you are given a choice, amount num...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:49:43 +0000Health confirms 15 cases of malaria on the border with Nicaragua
QCOSTARICA – An outbreak of 15 people positive for malaria on the border with Nicaragua forced both national and neighboring Health authorities to take measures to contain the transmission on Tuesday. Apparently, the migratory flow favors the m...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:59:57 +0000Costa Rica is the third OECD country with the highest proportion of young people who neither study nor work
QCOSTARICA – The proportion of young people who do not work, study or receive training, ‘NiNi‘ (ni estudia, ni trabaja) is high in Costa Rica, so much so that only two OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) co...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:38:49 +0000Costa Rica advances “timidly” in the vaccination process that is already “deficient”, denounce several sectors
QCOSTARICA – Compared with other countries in the region such as Canada, Chile or Uruguay, Costa Rica is progressing timidly in the vaccination process, according to what the businessmen grouped in the UCCAEP, the Defensoría de los Habitantes ...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:32:26 +0000Conditions worsen for Haitian migrants on US-Mexico border
Q24N – Conditions are deteriorating in a camp on the banks of the Rio Grande River where thousands of mostly Haitian asylum seekers have gathered in hopes of getting asylum in the United States, as pressure mounts on President Joe Biden to halt...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:57:45 +0000Costa Rica, Panama and Dominican Republic seek a solution for Haiti
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado, Luis Abinader Corona of the Dominican Republic, and Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo, have instructed their foreign ministers to find sustainable solutions to the Haiti crisis, said ...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:24:46 +0000Mexico finds a Latin American ally in Venezuela’s Maduro
Q24N – The recent summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Mexico was the first big meeting of its kind since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Participants ranged from Cuban head of state Miguel Diaz-Can...
Thu, 23 Sep 2021 06:01:16 +0000Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 23: Plates ending in “7 & 8” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Thursday, September 23, vehicles with 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 5:00 a...
Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:42:11 +0000Carlos Alvarado denounces violations of the Daniel Ortega regime to the UN
QCOSTARICA – In New York, Costa Rica President Carlos Alvarado, expressed to the United Nations (UN) his concern about the human rights violations that occur in Nicaragua, under the regime of Daniel Ortega, while launching a call in defense of ...