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Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:01:06 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 13: Plates ending in “1 & 2” CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – For today, Monday, September 13, despite being a national holiday, vehicles with plates ending in 1 & 2 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known ...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 06:55:52 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 12: NO DAYTIME restrictions
QCOSTARICA – For today, Sunday, September 12, there are NO DAYTIME vehicle restrictions. This is the first weekend of relaxed measures. But please remember, the no restrictions apply only during the day, between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm. The nightt...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:57:07 +0000
‘It feels like home’: why are Black Americans moving to Costa Rica?
(The Guardian) When she first set foot in Costa Rica, Davia Shannon knew instantly that she would eventually return permanently. She loved being able to do yoga with the jungle as her backdrop and surf whenever she pleased. Even more, she valued the ...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:47:50 +0000
How Independence celebrated in Costa Rica: the Independence Torch
QCOSTARICA – Every September 13, the Antorcha de la Independencia (Independence Torch) passes from  Nicaragua and Costa Rica, where the Government of the neighboring country delivers the torch to the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education. T...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:25:10 +0000
Covid-19 contagion rate remains at high levels, despite last week’s decline
QCOSTARICA – The contagion rate of covid-19 in Costa Rica fell in the last seven days and went from 1.15 to 1.05, according to the weekly analysis of the Universidad Hispanoamericana (UH). Despite this drop, the number is still considered high ...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:13:59 +0000
Hospitals launch dramatic request for help against covid-19
QCOSTARICA – Overcrowded hospitals, staff with fatigue, inability to transfer patients to centers with greater capacity, lack of medical equipment and congested emergency services. This is the critical situation faced by the hospitals of the Ca...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 11:10:40 +0000
Gasolines will fall in October, but Diesel will increase
QCOSTARICA – Recope, the Costa Rican refinery that refines nothing, presented this Friday to the Aresep, the regulating authority, its latest request for an adjustment in the price of fuels and that it would apply next month. The adjustment cal...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:53:53 +0000
20 years after 9/11: the only surviving Tica tells her story
QCOSTARICA – On September 11, 2001, Karla Pericón arrived early at the office. Two years earlier she had managed to win a visa in the lottery run by the US government and that allowed her to get a job on the eleventh floor of the North Tower o...

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 06:54:56 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction September 11: NO DAYTIME restrictions
QCOSTARICA – For today, Saturday, September 11, there are NO DAYTIME vehicle restrictions. This is the first weekend of relaxed measures. But please remember, the no restrictions apply only during the day, between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm. The nigh...

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:35:50 +0000
Government proposes collecting tax on illegal lotteries
QCOSTARICA – The Government on Thursday changed its bill for the collection of a 25% tax on lottery prizes and, in this new version, it intends to extend the taxation arm on illegal lotteries. The new text establishes that the tax would apply t...



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