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Mon, 15 Feb 2021 22:22:29 +0000
Muggy weather will prevail at the start of this week
QCOSTARICA – Unless you are stuck in an air-conditioned space and haven’t set foot outside, you hadn’t noticed the sweltering heat the rest of us are enduring since Sunday, due to weak winds and few clouds, very low entry of moistur...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 22:03:12 +0000
Expansion of La Angostura will take twelve months
QCOSTARICA – This Monday, February 15, 2021, President Carlos Alvarado signed into the Ley de Ampliación y Rehabilitación de la RN17 – expansion of Ruta Nacional 17 – approved by the Legislative Assembly. Ruta Nacional 17 or RN17 ...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:07:25 +0000
No clear date for the resumption of shipment of Pfizer vaccines
QCOSTARICA – Last week, the president of the Comision Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) stressed that the shipments of the Pfizer vaccine against covid-19 would resume today Monday. Alexánder Solís stated during the press conference last Tuesday,...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:52:19 +0000
First week of school closed with suspected and positive cases of covid-19 in 13 schools
QCOSTARICA – During the first week of face-to-face classes, 13 schools and colleges detected students or officials suspected of having covid-19 or who tested positive for the virus. In all cases, the schools activated the established protocols,...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:45:04 +0000
72 tons of drugs seized in Costa Rica were destroyed with plasma in Miami
HQ – The 71.7 tons of illegal drugs (a record number) seized from drug traffickers in 2020 were flown on US planes to Miami, (USA), to be destroyed by an innovative process called plasma gasification, saving Costa Rica money. In Miami, the seiz...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:31:19 +0000
Eliminating vehicle restriction on weekends being evaluated
QCOSTARICA – The Government announced Sunday night that it is evaluating lifting the sanitary vehicle restriction on weekends starting in March. This was confirmed by the Ministry of Communication, after the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, al...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:14:16 +0000
CCSS ready for second clinical trial of equine serum against covid-19
QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) is ready to begin its second scientific trial with equine serum in hospitalized patients with covid-19. The institution announced Friday morning at a press conference that the protocol...

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:03:51 +0000
Man pretented exercising in the street to approach women and masturbate in front of them
HQ – A man, whose identity was not revealed, was arrested Friday in Heredia, for being a suspect in the crime of street sexual harassment. The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) reported the detention of the man, of Nicaraguan nationali...

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:43:00 +0000
The train that does not disappear
The “PERMANENT LOOTING OF NICARAGUA” Caption: There is no one to get us off this train! From La Prensa Nicaragua Article originally appeared on Today Nicaragua and is republished here with permission.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:34:01 +0000
Colombian Clever Leaves made first shipment of medical cannabis to the U.S.
QCOLOMBIA – Clever Leaves, a Colombian company authorized to handle pharmaceutical grade cannabinoids, announced that its subsidiary, Herbal Brands, managed to establish a strategic alliance with Looper Group and TruSource Hemp Group, to import the...



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