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Mon, 16 May 2022 06:25:56 +0000
Inauguration Day, Costa Rica 2022  
TODAY COSTA RICA – A rare event in human history took place in Costa Rica the weekend (May 7 and 8, 2022). There was a peaceful transfer of power. A new president, Rodrigo Chaves, took over the reins of government, and the old President, Carlos...

Sun, 15 May 2022 08:54:39 +0000
Arrested suspect of raping two tourists in Manuel Antonio
QCOSTARICA – A 28-year-old man was arrested Friday afternoon, suspected of raping and stealing property from two foreign tourists last Saturday, May 7, in the community of Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Puntarenas, reported the Judicial Investigation ...

Sun, 15 May 2022 08:43:41 +0000
Pedestrian bridge falls on Circunvalación due to impact of crane
QCOSTARICA – It was about 4:00 pm on Saturday when a pedestrian bridge collapsed and fell onto the road below, the Circunvalación, specifically in the vicinity of San Sebastián, San José. According to preliminary reports and a video from a s...

Sat, 14 May 2022 15:55:56 +0000
Covid-19 contagion rate increases to 1.43%; daily cases grew by 62.33% in one week
QCOSTARICA – The effects of the fifth wave caused by the Covid-19 virus are already being felt in Costa Rica and with that, an increase in the contagion rate, which went from 1.1% to 1.43%, in the past week as revealed in a report by the Univer...

Sat, 14 May 2022 15:49:23 +0000
Students will not have to wear a mask starting this Monday
QCOSTARICA – The week will start differently for students of public schools, who will now be able to leave their face masks at home, following a decision by the Ministry of Public Education issued Friday afternoon, which establishes that the us...

Sat, 14 May 2022 15:42:27 +0000
Businesses can deny entry to customers without a mask
QCOSTARICA -Any business establishment, whether it is a restaurant, a clothing store, cinema, bar, or hardware store, can reserve the right of admission with those customers who do not wear a mask when entering their premises, despite the decree publ...

Sat, 14 May 2022 12:13:05 +0000
El Salvador remains calm in the fall of bitcoin and the effect on its reserves
Q24N (EFE) The Government of El Salvador has publicly remained calm in the face of bitcoin’s fall by 60% from its all-time highs in recent days and the reduction in the value of its cryptoactive reserves, while President Nayib Bukele does not a...

Sat, 14 May 2022 12:07:45 +0000
Women change consumer trends in the Costa Rican automotive industry
QCOSTARICA – Consumption trends in the automotive industry are changing, now more and more women are choosing to buy a pickup, as shown by Isuzu’s sales figures in Costa Rica. “At Isuzu we are very pleased that more and more women decid...

Sat, 14 May 2022 12:01:34 +0000
Gasoline increase will although RECOPE did not ask for it
QCOSTARICA – A new increase in the price in gasoline is expected to be approved in the coming days, as the regulatory authority, the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP), will process a new adjustment with the need for the R...

Sat, 14 May 2022 11:35:00 +0000
OAS demands Nicaragua to return confiscated facilities
TODAY NICARAGUA (EFE) The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) demanded this Friday that the Nicaraguan authorities return the offices confiscated at the end of April by order of the Government of Daniel Ortega. The resoluti...



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