Costa Rica News
Mon, 02 May 2022 13:37:47 +0000Beware of the Ides of May!
RICO’s DIGEST – The original warning was: “Beware of the Ides of March” by an augur to Julius Caesar – paraphrased by Plutarch in Parallel Lives and William Shakespeare in one of his dramas – before entering the Se...
Mon, 02 May 2022 12:48:49 +0000Panama regulates the use and commercialization of crypto assets
Q24N (PANAMA) The Congress of Panama approved a bill to regulate the use and commercialization of crypto assets in the Central American country, which adds to others in the region that have advanced in the legislation regarding digital currencies. El...
Mon, 02 May 2022 12:44:38 +0000Agreements to stop migration and infrastructure: where will the money from the US go to Latin America?
Q REPORTS (VOA) Bilateral agreements to stop migration to the southern border of the United States and investment in infrastructure and climate change are among the priorities of the foreign policy agenda of the Biden Administration for the coming fi...
Mon, 02 May 2022 09:52:48 +0000Rainy season is here!?!!?
QCOSTARICA – Though officially the rainy season is not set to begin in the Central Valley and Central Pacific coast until another week or more, the national weather service (Instituto Meteorológico Nacional – IMN) is forecasting the cont...
Mon, 02 May 2022 09:37:49 +0000Catholic Church asks for more protection for children and measures to face educational lag
QCOSTARICA – The Catholic Church in Costa Rica asked political authorities, during the homily at the mass in honor of San José Obrero (Saint Joseph the Worker) this Sunday, to govern for the protection of children, mainly those who live in ten...
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 10:06:22 +0000Sharp increase in fuel prices approved
QCOSTARICA – On Friday, the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) – regulating authority – approved a sharp increase in fuel prices: ¢42 colones per liter of super, ¢38 for regular and ¢59 for diesel. The appro...
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:43:41 +0000El Salvador hopes that the Pacific Train will be a model for Guatemala and Honduras
Q24N – The Government of El Salvador hopes that the Tren del Pacífico (Pacific Train) will become a model for other countries in the region, mainly for Honduras and Guatemala, seeking to improve the transportation service to move cargo and tra...
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:27:19 +0000Costa Rica begins pilot for electronic payment in public bus service
QCOSTARICA – Starting this Friday, April 29, users of the Sabana-Estadio and Sabana-Cementerio bus routes can pay using electronic payment instead of cash only, a pilot program that will be expanded to more than 200 buses by the third quarter o...
Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:13:27 +0000President-elect reconsiders sending an ambassador to Nicaragua
QCOSTARICA – The elected president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, on Friday did an about face on one of his statement on April 4, one day after winning the elections, saying he was reconsidering the possibility of sending an ambassador to Nicar...
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:43:00 +0000The United States urges the OAS to respond to the forced closure of headquarters in Nicaragua
TODAY NICARAGUA (AFP) The United States urged the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday to take “concrete” measures to respond to the forced closure of the regional bloc’s office in Nicaragua by the government of Daniel Ortega. “...