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Tue, 17 May 2022 07:38:14 +0000
Taiwan Fights for Its Diplomatic Survival in Latin America
Q REPORTS – Of the 14 small diplomatic allies that recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan), eight are in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is a region that has become one of the main arenas of the growing geopolitical dispute between China...

Tue, 17 May 2022 07:24:22 +0000
US to ease visa, family remittance restrictions for Cuba
Q24N (DW) The United States has announced a series of steps to loosen some Trump-era restrictions on travel to Cuba and the transfer of family remittances between the two countries. The State Department said on Monday that it will lift the previously...

Mon, 16 May 2022 22:54:03 +0000
Pope jokes with Mexicans: ‘a little tequila’ would ease knee pain
ACI Prensa – Pope Francis (Papa Francisco in Spanish) joked with a group of Mexican seminarians who asked him about his knee pain, sparking laughter. “Pope Francis, how are you on your knee?” one of the seminarians asked him. “Very ca...

Mon, 16 May 2022 22:28:49 +0000
President Chaves: “We are at war and that is not an exaggeration”
QCOSTARICA – President Rodrigo Chaves said this Monday that there are people in Costa Rica who are collaborating with the Conti cybercriminal group that has affected public institutions since last April. The statement was made during a press co...

Mon, 16 May 2022 15:19:37 +0000
A King and Two Presidents
TODAY COSTA RICA – The weekend (May 7 and 8, 2022) was very busy in Costa Rica. And I was fortunate enough to get some good photographs. On Saturday morning, May 7, 2022, the King of Spain arrived. His Majesty King Philip VI arrived on the roya...

Mon, 16 May 2022 14:15:44 +0000
Government plans to borrow US$200M to subsidize bus tickets
QCOSTARICA – Due to the high cost of fuels, the government of Rodrigo Chaves is evaluating taking out a loan for US$200 million dollars to subsidize bus tickets. This is a proposal from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) ...

Mon, 16 May 2022 13:45:21 +0000
“Eliminating the mask was not a populist decision”: Joselyn Chacón, New Minister of Health
QCOSTARICA – Within days of the Health portfolio, Joselyn Chacón, the new minister of health, lives tense moments and a lot of controversy. And it is that President Rodrigo Chaves shook the country by eliminating the mandatory use of the mask ...

Mon, 16 May 2022 13:20:33 +0000
Abra Group to own Avianca & GOL
QCOSTARICA – Two of Latin America’s biggest airlines, Avianca and GOL, have signed an agreement to create a leading air transportation group across Latin America, under the holding company structure named Abra Group Limited. Interestingly thi...

Mon, 16 May 2022 06:25:56 +0000
Inauguration Day, Costa Rica 2022  
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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 ...



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