Costa Rica News
Sat, 10 Sep 2022 11:49:14 +0000New drop in gas prices on the way (if approved)
QCOSTARICA – The Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE) – Costa Rican oil refinery that refines nothing – proposed to the regulatory authority, the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP), a reduction of u...
Sat, 10 Sep 2022 11:41:58 +0000Luis Amador, MOPT minister, threatens to sue those who denounce him
QCOSTARICA – In less than two weeks, the new vehicular inspection service is scheduled to take over the old Riteve SyC stations and not too long after start inspection vehicles. But, today, that isn’t looking too good. On August 25, Lui...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:55:33 +0000Costa Rica Cantons unite and create “Ruta Norte” to promote tourist destinations internationally
QCOSTARICA – With the ambition of showing the world “La Costa Rica Desconocida” (The Costa Rica Unknown), four cantons join forces and launch the “Ruta Norte” (North Route), a journey through this area of the count...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:43:32 +0000BAC will modernize its ATM network in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Starting in 2021, BAC set out to modernize its ATM network at the national and regional levels, and this year the bank decided to speed up this process, in order to bring more facilities to customers and improve their experience in...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:16:21 +0000Costa Rica’s health system requires more articulation in the face of current challenges
QCOSTARICA – The Costa Rican health system requires greater articulation between different actors to face a series of challenges related to its sustainability and the quality of patient care, revealed the report “Retos y Propuestas para el Si...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 11:06:56 +0000Tom Brady has still not made-up with wife Gisele Bündchen after she returned from solo Costa Rica break
Q MAGAZINE – NFL legend Tom Brady has still not made up with wife Gisele Bündchen after she returned home from a furious solo trip to Costa Rica which was triggered by his decision to un-retire from football. The 42-year-old supermodel and the...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:57:20 +0000Captain Who Took His Center Console Boat 2,400 Miles From Florida To Costa Rica Tells His Wild Story
A man from Sarasota, Florida just completed the journey of a lifetime. He took his 40-foot center console boat, a 40′ High Performance Cat from Barker Boatworks, on a 2,400-mile journey from Sarasota, Florida to Mexico to Honduras to Panama and the...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:44:59 +0000Government presents bill to sell off the Banco de Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – President Rodrigo Chaves and the Minister of Finance, Nogui Acosta, signed two bills on Wednesday. One of them aimed at reforming the fiscal rule and another for the sale of the the state bank, the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR). The bi...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:50:00 +0000The silent exodus of priests in Nicaragua
TODAY NICARAGUA – “Goodbye my Nicaragua! It hurts me to breathe in the front country,” wrote Catholic Church priest Uriel Vallejos, once he was safe in Costa Rican territory. Vallejos remained besieged by the police for three days at the beginn...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:31:35 +0000Attacks against independent journalism intensify in Central America
Q24N – A photographer had to flee from Nicaragua, the head of a newspaper in Guatemala is in prison and a portal in El Salvador, prosecuted. All after publishing uncomfortable information of their governments in Central America, where independe...