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Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:57:43 +0000
US operations helped offset Fifco’s lower sales in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s Florida Ice and Farm Company S.A (Fifco) beverage business in the United States and the food business in Central America offset, during 2020, the sharp decline in the real estate and beverage segment in Costa Ric...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:23:00 +0000
CTP aims to sue and block Uber, InDriver and Didi in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – In its continuing effort, perhaps to appease the formal taxi operators, the government through the Consejo de Transporte Público (CTP) – Public Transport Council – decided this Friday to raise its voice against the rid...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:59:17 +0000
Only 0.2% of those vaccinated against covid-19 in Costa Rica registered any side effects
QCOSTARICA – Of the 190,088 in Costa Rica who have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine, 365 (0.2%) have reported adverse reactions Data from the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social(CCSS) released this Friday indicate that 97% of ...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 10:50:20 +0000
Covid-19 caused the Costa Rican population to lose 13,484 years of life
QCOSTARICA – Covid-19 would have caused the Costa Rican population to lose 13,484 years of life. How is this possible and what does it mean? This variable is called years of life lost, a measure of premature deaths that takes into account both ...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:45:27 +0000
Can you choose which vaccine to receive?
QCOSTARICA – Right now, Costa Rica only has the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine, thus the question, if you can choose which vaccine against covid-19 to receive, does not yet apply. When the time comes, the country receives vaccines against covid-19 fro...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:17:32 +0000
Country by Country Guide to Covid Vaccines in Central America
QCOSTARICA – Covid vaccination in Central America is well underway. Here’s an updated country guide to how they’re doing, as of March 18, 2021. The topic of vaccines is controversial, stirring up strong feelings on both sides of the debate....

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 23:02:28 +0000
Costa Rica asks India for donation of vaccines
QCOSTARICA – The Government of Costa Rica, in February, asked India for a donation of vaccines against covid-19, within the framework of the cooperative relations that both nations have. This was confirmed by the deputy minister of the Ministry...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:32:02 +0000
Former Miss Costa Rica denounces sexist and obscene messages
Q MAGAZINE – Karina Ramos, mode, former Miss Costa Rica, businesswoman and host of the television program, Telehit Musica, denounced this week in her social networks numerous sexist and obscene messages that several men have sent her. On Twitte...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:12:35 +0000
Thursday’s Downpour flooded the new Legislative Assembly building
HQ – The first downpour of 2021 – in March! – flooded part of the second floor of the new Legislative Assembly building. A video shared on social media chats by legislative employees leaves no question of what happened during Thursd...

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:10:25 +0000
Prevented from entering Havana, Cuban journalist asks for refuge in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Cuban immigration authorities prevented Cuban journalist Karla Pérez González from returning to her country, after spending four years studying in Costa Rica and publishing news in various national media. Pérez said she made it ...



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