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Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:17:52 +0000
Traffic through Cambronero closed until further notice; Ruta 32 may be reopened today
QCOSTARICA – To protect people’s safety against landslides, passage through the Cambronero sector of the Ruta 1 will remain closed until further notice. Juan Carlos Calderón, the emergency coordinator of the Ministry of Public Works and ...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:42:00 +0000
“If you don’t pay, your family pays”: new repressive pattern of the regime
TODAY NICARAGUA (Confidencial) Between September 4 and 18, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo unleashed a new wave of persecution in Nicaragua against members of the Unión Democrática Renovadora (Unamos), formerly the Sandinista Renova...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:19:43 +0000
Costa Rica opens new trade office in London in renewed focus on the UK market
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s trade promotion agency, Procomer, prepares to open its first commercial office in the UK. Soon British consumers could be enjoying a much wider array of Costa Rican fruits and vegetables in addition to pineapples...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 06:53:26 +0000
Latin American migrants in the United States: a tool for political purposes?
Q REPORTS (DW) This week, the governor of the state of Texas, Greg Abbott, sent two buses with Latin American migrants to the vicinity of the residence of US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington D.C.. Also, the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis...

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 06:40:58 +0000
A mask capable of detecting people infected with coronavirus
Q24N (DW) A team of researchers has designed a mask capable of detecting, after about 10 minutes, if a person is talking to another who is infected with one of the most common viruses, including the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, influenza A (...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:56:00 +0000
UN accuses Maduro and intelligence chiefs of crimes against humanity
Q REPORTS (DW) “President Nicolás Maduro and other high-level authorities (…) were the architects in the design, implementation and maintenance of a machinery to repress dissent,” said an international investigative mission created...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:46:51 +0000
Costa Rica not affected by Mexico’s 7.4 Earthquake
QCOSTARICA – Authorities rule out affectation in Costa Rica after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Mexico on Monday, but asked for caution due to possible strong currents. The Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de Tsunamis (SINAMOT)  &...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:39:01 +0000
Powerful earthquake hits Mexico’s Pacific coast
Q24N (DW) Mexico was hit by a powerful earthquake on Monday, as the country was marking the anniversaries of two major quakes that had struck the country on the same date in 1985 and 2017. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a video address...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:31:57 +0000
Shocking video shows bus and motorcyclist before fall off embankment in Cambronero
QCOSTARICA – On Saturday, September 17, at around 4:30 pm, a few hours after the Cambronero sector of the Ruta 1 was reopened due to a landslide in another area of the sector the day before, an unfortunate tragedy claimed the lives of 9 people ...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:05:09 +0000
Let’s be honest for a change
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Let’s be real and honest for a change. Highway 1 between San Ramon and Esparza is a disgrace and has been for years. I happen to live in Cambronero and I travel the route regularly so I am speaking from direct experience. ...



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