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Wed, 18 May 2022 08:08:13 +0000
Fifth wave of covid-19 advances at an accelerated pace; Infections rise 35% in the last week
QCOSTARICA – For the fourth consecutive week, Costa Rica registers an increase in the number of covid-19 infections, in what would be the fifth pandemic wave. According to the Ministry of Health, infections went from 7,558 new cases in epidemio...

Wed, 18 May 2022 07:55:04 +0000
Casa Presidencial orders secrecy in public institutions
QCOSTARICA – Jorge Rodríguez Vives, head of the Office of the President, ordered this Tuesday the Communication directors of public institutions to limit the flow of public information. “Don’t look at it as censorship, but as absolute ...

Wed, 18 May 2022 07:43:15 +0000
U.S. Seeks to Bolster Latin American Economies to Curb Migration
Q REPORTS (Bloomberg) The Biden administration is working on a proposal to bolster economies in Latin America and strengthen U.S. ties ahead of a key regional summit the U.S. will host next month to help confront the challenge of fast-increasing migr...

Tue, 17 May 2022 21:57:52 +0000
RECOPE urges ARESEP to lower gasoline prices
QCOSTARICA – In another episode of their recent friction, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE) – the Costa Rican oirl refinery that refines nothing,  urged the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) –...

Tue, 17 May 2022 21:27:52 +0000
Weather service forecasts more intense rains in Costa Rica from this Tuesday
QCOSTARICA -Starting this Tuesday afternoon and evening, an increase in the intensity of the rains will continue throughout the week, due to the arrival of the intertropical convergence zone in our territory. According to the forecast issued by the I...

Tue, 17 May 2022 10:16:39 +0000
When can foreigner residents renew their DIMEX again?
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s immigration service, the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería Costa Rica (DGME), is reminding foreigner residents whose Permanent Residents, Temporary Residents and Special Categories ID, known as the ...

Tue, 17 May 2022 10:00:13 +0000
Tourists will be urged to maintain the use of the mask
QCOSTARICA – Respectful of the government’s decision to eliminate the mandatory use of masks in closed spaces, the tourism sector considers it important not to lower the guard, in order to avoid a new uptick in cases that causes setbacks ...

Tue, 17 May 2022 09:49:25 +0000
MOPT proposes to close Conavi, Cosevi, Concesiones and CTP
QCOSTARICA – The Ministro de Obras Públicas y Transportes (Minister of Public Works and Transportation), Luis Amador, delivered on Monday to the Legislative Assembly the bill called “Strengthening of powers and accountability of the MOPT...

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...



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