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Wed, 05 May 2021 16:31:41 +0000
Today’s Covid News: Daily cases of COVID-19 continues to decline; young adults most infected
QCOSTARICA – After breaking all records last week, the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 in Costa Rica continues on the decline, according to the numbers released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. However, there continues concern of the...

Wed, 05 May 2021 15:46:59 +0000
CCSS makes the “morning after pill” available to all women who require it
QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) announced this Wednesday that it will make the “morning-after pill” emergency contraception, to every woman who requires it and who has had a sexual relationship with the p...

Wed, 05 May 2021 13:52:28 +0000
Judiciary compensates teacher taken off a plane by mistake for not paying alimony
QCOSTARICA – A PhysEd teacher managed to get the Judiciary to agree to pay him just over ¢1.2 million colones (US$2,000) for taking him off a plane due to an error with alimony payments. That case foes back to February 2016 and it was not unti...

Wed, 05 May 2021 13:14:05 +0000
Costa Rica received the largest to date batch of covid-19 vaccines
QCOSTARICA – A new batch with 124,020 doses of the covid-19 vaccine landed on national soil this Tuesday night, as part of the weekly deliveries from Pfizer. It is the largest shipment received to date, according to Casa Presidencial. With this...

Wed, 05 May 2021 13:03:50 +0000
7 out of 10 Costa Ricans accept the coronavirus vaccine; 3 doubt or reject it
QCOSTARICA – Seven out of ten people in Costa Rica accept getting the covid-19 vaccine, while the other three have doubts, reject it or have conditions for it. This is one of the findings of the most recent public opinion survey by the Center f...

Wed, 05 May 2021 11:09:34 +0000
Latin American countries establish space programs despite limitations on ground
Q REPORTS (Associated Press) Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program. Space-related news is flowing, and not just from the world’s richest, biggest nations. Take ...

Wed, 05 May 2021 10:59:46 +0000
Colombia’s Protests Against President Duque Explained
QCOLOMBIA – Nineteen people have died and hundreds more have been injured in protests in Colombia against President Iván Duque Márquez’s tax bill, aimed at economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and since been withdrawn. Taxi drivers prot...

Tue, 04 May 2021 14:09:10 +0000
Mexico City: Metro train bridge collapse leaves 23 dead
Q24N – An elevated section of metro track in Mexico City partially collapsed on Monday night, bringing down rubble and some train carriages onto the road below. At least 23 people died in the incident and 70 more were injured. Of the injured, 4...

Tue, 04 May 2021 12:54:04 +0000
Salvadorans take to the streets to stop the start of the Bukele dictatorship
Q24N – The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, announced on Monday the possibility of continuing with the removal of officials, two days after Congress, dominated by his allies, dismissed the constitutional magistrates of the Supreme Court ...

Tue, 04 May 2021 12:33:26 +0000
Rainy season official commenced in the Central Valley this week
QCOSTARICA – If you have been putting, resisting to give in, to carry an umbrella, take note:  the rainy season of the Central Valley will be official this week, several days ahead of the average. Residents of San José, Alajuela, Heredia and ...



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