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Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:52:17 +0000
Gasoline tax increase will be frozen for six months
QCOSTARICA – In addition to the drop announced in fuel prices by the regulatory authority, consumers can expect a further drop with the freezing of a tax hike on fuels. On Wednesday, legislators and the government agreed to promote a bill to fr...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:29:23 +0000
CCSS announced that it entered the final stage of review and analysis of computer equipment
QCOSTARICA – The Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) announced that it is in the final stage of reviewing and analyzing the computer equipment. According to the institut...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 13:25:17 +0000
Costa Rica has the first large-scale plant in the world that transforms unwanted plastic waste
QCOSTARICA – The first big step on the planet in transforming unwanted plastic waste into construction products took place in Costa Rica on June 20 with the inauguration of the first industrial-scale plant. CRDC Global, an international company...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:17:47 +0000
Costa Rica and Uruguay lead the fight against corruption in Latin America
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica and Uruguay are the Latin American countries with the greatest capacity to identify and punish corruption, according to a report published this Wednesday that draws a “heterogeneous panorama” in the fight aga...

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:50:04 +0000
Why Hasn’t Biden Condemned Russian Cyberwar Against Costa Rica?
Q REPORTS (Newsmax.com) As consumed as Russia is with trying to overpower Ukraine, the Kremlin has still found time and talent to launch an all-out cyberwar against Costa Rica — the rain-forested Central American nation with a population just over ...

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:08:52 +0000
Deterioration 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 +0000
World 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 +0000
Francia 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 +0000
López 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 +0000
Red 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, ...



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