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Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:52:41 +0000
Forklift cause of mega fire in El Coyol
QCOSTARICA – The Bomberos de Costa Rica (Fire Department) identified the cause of the fire that occurred at the end of February in El Coyol, which affected 20,000 square meters in the Empaques Santa Ana company: a forklift. FrTo combat the blaz...

Sat, 05 Mar 2022 09:37:13 +0000
Carlos Alvarado rules out tax reduction that would allow lower fuel prices
QCOSTARICA – President Carlos Alvarado assured that reducing the single tax on fuels will generate a hole in the country’s public finances, given the recent increases in the price of fuels. This week fuels reached the highest price since ...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 09:04:49 +0000
¢1,000 a liter of gasoline? Costa Rica already has the highest cost of fuels
QCOSTARICA – Consumers in Costa Rica should brace themselves for gasoline prices of up to ¢1,000 colones per liter, according to various experts, who say the dollar exchange rate and the war between Russia and Ukraine, shoot up the cost of thi...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:44:34 +0000
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine impacts Costa Rican exports: Bananas and pineapples are at risk
QCOSTARICA – The crisis in Ukraine due to the invasion of Russia has repercussions on the world economy and Costa Rica is no exception to this reality. Jaime García, economist and director of the Índice de Progreso Social  (IPS) – Soci...

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:25:05 +0000
February was the month with the most road deaths in the last 20 years
QCOSTARICA – The month of February closed with 45 road deaths, the highest number of deaths per month since 2001 when 51 fatalities were recorded. For the Policia de Transito (Traffic Police), these figures are of great concern. It’s been...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 14:20:41 +0000
Two Central America countries to stop requesting Covid-19 tests
Q24N – El Salvador and Panama are the two Central American countries that will no longer require negative Covid-19 tests or medical insurance as an entry requirement. However, in Panama the measure will only apply to the vaccinated. Since Febru...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:37:28 +0000
Costa Ricans less pessimistic about the economy, according to UCR survey
QCOSTARICA – A less negative economic situation and greater purchasing power compared to 2021, but dissatisfied about the state of their family finances, showed Costa Ricans who participated in the most recent survey by the School of Statistics...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:51:04 +0000
Costa Rica Customs, first in Latin America to join TradeLens
QCOSTARICA – The Servicio Nacional de Aduanas (SNA) – Costa Rican Customs Authority, has signed up TradeLens, an interconnected ecosystem of supply chain partners, to review containerized shipment events and transportation documents, incl...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:36:47 +0000
Costa Rica and Nicaragua in the same ‘barrio’… and the same vaccination
QCOSTARICA – The dusty soil of the border trail made the midday heat of Thursday, February 17, feel even more intense in El Bochinche. The vaccination teams knew this and understood that this could complicate the arrival of some people. They kn...

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:01:05 +0000
Costa Rica confirms presence of potentially more transmissible omicron ‘subvariant’
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica detected the presence of a potentially more transmissible sublineage of the omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes covid-19. This “subvariant” is called BA.2 and has been under study around the...



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