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Thu, 17 Mar 2022 08:23:50 +0000
How many doses are needed now to have a complete scheme against covid-19?
RICO’s Covid-19 Digest – When can it be said that a person has a complete scheme against covid-19? The answer is “it depends”. It depends on age and other factors that countries use to determine the number of doses its population requ...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:38:14 +0000
Uncertainty for Riteve employees and the country
QCOSTARICA – In less than two months Carlos Alvarado leaves office and assures that he will leave the contract on vehicle inspection resolved before the end of his government. Riteve’s concession began in 2002 and on July 15, 2022. the co...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:56:46 +0000
Women Bear the Brunt of Post-COVID Employment Woes in Latin America
Q REPORTS (IPS) The COVID-19 pandemic did not hit everyone equally and employment has shown a clear gender-differentiated impact. Two years after the start of the pandemic, it is more difficult for women than men to recover their jobs, and this is cl...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:52:36 +0000
New Constitution Would Declare Chile a Plurinational State
Q24N (IPS) – Chile could change the course of its history and become a diverse and multicolored country this year with a “plurinational and intercultural state” that recognizes and promotes the development of the native peoples that inhabit...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:10:12 +0000
Costa Rica reached prepandemic level of economic activity, according to the IDB
QCOSTARICA –  Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic have already reached the level of economic activity of 2019, confirmed the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The recovery occurred for the region durin...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:01:34 +0000
Trouble in Costa Rica’s eco-paradise as homebuyers heat up market
(Financial Times) On the Playa Grande Surf Camp on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, guests — who embody New York bankers and Australian marriage ceremony planners together with a smattering of the younger backpackers you may extra readily count on —...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:38:48 +0000
Walmart continues its expansion in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Walmart de México y Centroamérica will increase its presence in Costa Rica with the opening of two new stores this year: a MaxiPalí in the east of Alajuela and a Palí in La Cuesta in Puntarenas. The MaxiPali is the 49th of the ...

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 07:53:42 +0000
New COVID-19 hospital admissions decreased 20% in the second week of March
QCOSTARICA – The second week of March, which spanned from March 6 to 12 (epidemiological week 10), represented a 20% decrease in new hospital admissions, registering 479 admissions, while epidemiological week 9, which spanned from March 27 Febr...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:00:35 +0000
Legislators propose to exempt new and used electric cars from taxes for 12 years
QCOSTARICA – Before the end of their term, on May 8, legislators expect to approve the Green Transportation Incentives bill (ley de Incentivos al Transporte Verde), with the purpose of extending tax exemptions for electric cars until 2034. The ...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:46:42 +0000
New megaproject in Costa Rica will have an artificial beach-lake
QCOSTARICA – The “Nya” project began with construction on a 900-hectare site in Liberia Guanacaste, that aims to integrate a Marriot Courtyard hotel, an artificial beach-lake with crystal clear water, shops and a free zone. The proj...



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