Costa Rica News
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:08:52 +0000Deterioration in national routes worries mayors
QCOSTARICA – The Asociación Nacional de Alcaldías e Intendencias (ANAI) – National Association of Mayors and Intendances – offered help to the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) to attend to the national road netwo...
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:56:58 +0000World Cup in Qatar will be broadcast exclusively on Liberty
QCOSTARICA – Watching the World Cup 2022 in Costa Rica will be exclusive only to customers of Liberty Latin America, a company that joined the operations of Cabletica and Movistar under the name of Liberty last week. Among the novelties for the...
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:09:24 +0000Francia Márquez, the voice of the “nobodies”
QCOLOMBIA – Raised fist, discreet smile, African attire. Environmental lawyer Francia Márquez overcame Colombia’s hidden racism and became this Sunday the first Afro-descendant elected vice president of a country governed, until now, by white ma...
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:53:58 +0000López Obrador turns to Assange and will ask Biden to exonerate the founder of WikiLeaks
Q REPORTS (El Pais) The Julian Assange case periodically occupies a chapter of the foreign action of the Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This Tuesday the Mexican president announced that he will ask his US counterpart to exonerate the Wi...
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 09:31:07 +0000Red Light At Night
RICO’s DIGEST. How many times, driving in the wee hours of the night, have you seen drivers approaching a red light, slow down and then proceed. Also, seen is many a driver who waits for a green light. The Ley de Transito (Traffic Act) allows, ...
Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:28:43 +0000MOPT Minister on Riteve: “There is light at the end of the tunnel”
QCOSTARICA – The Government of Rodrigo Chaves has already made a decision on the future of the vehicle technical inspection – Riteve SyC company, which is currently in charge of providing the inspection service in the country, under contr...
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:58:47 +0000Chaves proposes to extend port of Caldera contract to 2031
QCOSTARICA – President Rodrigo Chaves announced on Monday night his intention to extend until 2031 the contract with the concessionaire of the Port of Caldera, in Puntarenas, to carry out works in the short term that solve the current saturatio...
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 13:20:39 +0000President Chaves calls for laws against “scoundrels” who file “absurd and frivolous” complaints
QCOSTARICA – President Rodrigo Chaves suggested that the magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice comply with the precept of prompt and due justice and not give in to “rogue interests” of those who, he says, “want to politi...
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 12:53:39 +0000‘Veranillo de San Juan’ will reduce rainy conditions in Guanacaste and the Central Valley
QCOSTARICA – The national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), foresees a reduction in rainfall at the end of this week, mainly in Guanacaste and the Central Valley, due to the traditional period of ‘Veranillo de ...
Tue, 21 Jun 2022 08:44:44 +0000Largest business roundtable in the region returns to face-to-face in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – After two years without the possibility of closing a deal in person, the 24th edition of the most important business conference in the region, the BTM 2022, returns. Under a hybrid format (face-to-face and virtual), the Buyers Trad...