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Fri, 13 May 2022 06:44:31 +0000
Recope refuses to propose an adjustment amount for fuels
QCOSTARICA – As is custom every second Friday of each month, based on the current methodology, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE) – the Costa Rican refinery that refines nothing – submits to the regulatory authority ...

Thu, 12 May 2022 12:45:49 +0000
Minister of Health asks “to responsibly exercise the right to use a mask”
QCOSTARICA – After three days of silence about the decree that eliminates the mandatory use of the mask, the Ministry of Health forwarded the position of the Minister, Joselyn Chacón, saying that she trusts the good health education of Costa R...

Thu, 12 May 2022 11:31:03 +0000
Mandatory vaccination against covid-19 stands while Commision studies new information
QCOSTARICA – Unanimously, the members of the Comisión Nacional de Vacunación y Epidemiología (CNVE)  – National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission – ratified the mandatory inoculation against covid-19 while analyzing, in li...

Thu, 12 May 2022 11:13:16 +0000
Once again we are promised a restructuring of the MOPT
QCOSTARICA – On Monday, the new minister of the Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT), Luis Amador, will be presenting to President Rodrigo Chaves the bill that seeks to restructure the institution. This Wednesday, Amador guaranteed...

Thu, 12 May 2022 10:39:50 +0000
Constitutional Court receives first appeal on elimination of use of mask
QCOSTARICA – As a trend, Costa Ricans love to file appeals with the Sala Constitucional de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica – Constitutional Court – against most anything, a piece of legislation that does not sit well, or ...

Thu, 12 May 2022 08:33:32 +0000
Dollar exchange reaches ¢680 at banks
QCOSTARICA – The dollar exchange reached, on May 11, ¢680 for the selll at the two state banks, the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) and Banco Nacional (BNCR); in addition to other financial entities, such as private banks and cooperatives. This exch...

Wed, 11 May 2022 13:34:36 +0000
Starting today, Wednesday, use of mask is optional
QCOSTARICA – Shortly after midnight, Casa Presidencial reported that, prior to publishing the decrees to eliminate the compulsory use of the mask and vaccination against covid-19, it would request the scientific basis for these decisions from t...

Wed, 11 May 2022 10:41:06 +0000
Rodrigo Chaves has had a “disorderly and run over” start
QCOSTARICA – The government of Rodrigo Chaves has had a “disorderly and rushed” start in its first two days, according to several opposition leaders in Congress, who complained yesterday of a limited work agenda in the Legislative A...

Wed, 11 May 2022 10:24:11 +0000
Dozens of countries have already eliminated the use of the mask
RICO’s DIGEST – The decision of the new Government to eliminate the use of masks has generated a wide debate at the local level that, however, has already been overcome by most countries. Several countries of the American continent and Eu...

Wed, 11 May 2022 09:53:25 +0000
Publication of decrees on vaccination and masks delayed
QCOSTARICA – Minutes after midnight, at 00:11 am this Wednesday, Casa Presidencial, through a press release reported that President Rodrigo Chaves, “decided to delay the publication” in La Gaceta of the decrees that repeal mandatory...



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