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Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:40:59 +0000
Ochomogo speed bumps removed
QCOSTARICA – If this had been anywhere else, the head or heads of those responsible for ordering the installation of speed bumps on a heavily trafficked major road – one of the three in and out of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) ̵...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:25:36 +0000
President Chaves warns institutions and orders installation of cybersecurity systems
QCOSTARICA – President Rodrigo Chave issued an order of immediate compliance to the institutions in matters of cybersecurity, after the attack suffered by the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS). On Saturday, at a press conference, after...

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:14:17 +0000
Costa Rica lacks a strategy for 5G technology
QCOSTARICA – Despite the fact that in 2022 Costa Rica launched the National Telecommunications Plan (Plan Nacional de Telecomunicaciones), essential to project the digital development of Costa Rica in the next five years, entrepreneurs in the t...

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:08:38 +0000
This weekend there will be less rain
QCOSTARICA – It was, for the most part, no rains on Saturday over most of the country after the rains and emergencies of the last few days, the effects of the 4th tropical have ended. According to the Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) ...

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 08:56:23 +0000
It is unacceptable the Caja was hacked, says Rodrigo Chaves
QCOSTARICA – “In a warned war, a soldier should not have died”, with these words President Rodrigo Chaves questioned why the Caja was “hacked”. After being consulted by the press about the measures being taken to prevent further hacking...

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 08:45:14 +0000
Why the unstoppable rise of the dollar is bad for the world economy and how it affects Latin America
Q REPORTS (BBC Mundo) A high dollar against many of the world’s major currencies contributes to the economic downturn. That greenback strength has combined with rising interest rates in the United States to hamper growth. They are not the cause...

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 08:36:58 +0000
Central Bank announces policy measures aimed at the foreign exchange
QCOSTARICA – Since February 2015, the Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) – Central Bank of Costa Rica – has adopted a managed floating exchange rate scheme, in which the exchange rate is determined by market forces; however, the BCC...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:26:54 +0000
Claudia Dobles heading to Harvard
QCOSTARICA – Former first lady, Claudia Dobles Camargo, was chosen by the Harvard University program to develop three investigations related to three proposals that she presented regarding issues of daily life. The former First Lady of Costa Ri...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:06:33 +0000
Ministry of Health rules out Monkeypox in Norwegian tourist visiting Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – The Ministry of Health ruled out Monkeypox (Viruela Simica in Spanish) in the case of the 21-year-old Norwegian tourist who presented lesions on her feet and hands several days after entering the country. The woman has an enterovir...

Sat, 04 Jun 2022 10:44:10 +0000
Costa Rica has not registered cases of smallpox for almost nine decades
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica has not recorded a case of smallpox since 1933, that is, 89 years ago. In addition, it has not vaccinated the population against this disease since 1959. This according to the School of Biology of the University of Costa...



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