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Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:07:40 +0000
Costa Rica did not oppose the election of Nicaraguan Werner Vargas for General Secretariat of SICA
QCOSTARICA – President Rodrigo Chaves, on behalf of Costa Rica, reported Thursday that “he did not oppose” the election of the Nicaraguan, Werner Vargas, for the General Secretariat of the System for Central American Integration (SI...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 13:53:50 +0000
Costa Rica prepares plan to regularize status of 200,000 mostly Nicaraguan migrants
QCOSTARICA (Reuters) Costa Rica is readying a plan to regularize the status of some 200,000 migrants, largely from Costa Rica’s northern neighbor Nicaragua, authorities told Reuters on Wednesday. The plan aims to formally include the migrants i...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:39:51 +0000
Economists project that poverty in Costa Rica could reach 33%
QCOSTARICA – The College of Economic Sciences (Colegio de Ciencias Económicas) predicted an increase in poverty for the remainder of 2022, after recent figures on the cost of living, which reveal a year-on-year inflation of 11.48%. According t...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:19:03 +0000
Lower prices for medicine on the way
QCOSTARICA – The government signed a decree on Wednesday on the parallel importation of medicines into the country. The decree will allow the importation of medicines from anywhere, as long as they are included in the sanitary registry. The Min...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:40:03 +0000
Gaming is the best escapism – here’s why
Whether you are a keen gamer yourself or you know one in your life, the chances are that you will have seen just how important these games can be to people. Escaping everyday life is a must – especially given the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic is...

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:25:27 +0000
Colombia: Gustavo Petro sworn in as president
QCOLOMBIA – Gustavo Petro, a former member of Colombia’s M-19 guerrilla group, was inaugurated Colombia’s first leftist president on Sunday at a ceremony in Bogota. Some 100,000 people, including Spanish King Felipe VI and at least nine preside...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:49:42 +0000
Costa Rica government puts end to ‘State of Emergency’ due to covid-19
QCOSTARICA – This Wednesday President Rodrigo Chaves signed the decree that eliminates the ‘State of Emergency’ in Costa Rica due to covid-19. Chaves signed the decree eliminating the one signed in March 2020 by then president Carlo...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:51:47 +0000
Cuba: Massive fire at oil storage facility engulfs third tank
Q24N (DW.com) Cuban officials have confirmed that a third oil tank has collapsed due to a fire spreading through the Matanzas Supertanker Base, leaving the storage facility with five containers still standing. Military construction crews were buildin...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:46:00 +0000
AMLO announcement dubbed “a soft coup”
Q24N (MercoPress) Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Tuesday came under heavy criticism when he announced that he would transfer the National Guard to the scope of the Armed Forces, which was regarded as a “soft” coup d’...

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:31:22 +0000
Taxi drivers will demonstrate this Thursday to ask once again for the exit of digital transport platforms
QCOSTARICA – Once more a group of taxi drivers will demonstrate this Thursday, August 11, against the service of digital transport platforms such as Uber and DiDi. The taxi drivers are expected to group up in the morning from various parts of t...



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