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Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:10:22 +0000
We are in the playoff zone! Ticos brings down the undefeated Canadians
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica is in the playoff zone (zona de repechaje, in Spansih) as Costa Rica’s men’s national soccer team, “La Sele”,  beat Canada 1-0, and with Panama and Honduras tied, Costa Rica is now fourth in the ...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:00:17 +0000
Costa Rica colored in “red” in support of La Sele
QCOSTARICA – Tonight is a do or die for La Sele, Costa Rica’s national soccer team, when they go up against Canada at the national stadium in San Jose, that will either keep the end of the dream of reaching the World Cup in Qatar or alive...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:19:45 +0000
Hurricane season will be more intense, two would form in the Caribbean
QCOSTARICA – The 2022 hurricane season that runs from June to November is expected to be slightly above normal, with 16 to 23 phenomena that will reach the category of cyclone, when the normal is 14 each year. The first three tropical storms wi...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:56:28 +0000
TSE orders to lift banking secrecy of five financiers of Rodrigo Chaves
QCOSTARICA – In a resolution this Wednesday, the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) – elections tribunal – ordered to lift the banking secrecy of at least five financiers of the campaign of Partido Progreso Social Democratico (PPS...

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:40:11 +0000
Cost of gasoline is more important for Ticos than presidential elections
QCOSTARICA – The high cost of gasoline is the issue that most worries Costa Ricans, even above the presidential elections in the second round, the CIEP-UCR survey. And it is that the increase in fuels is considered the priority issue for 34.6% ...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:10:19 +0000
Technical tie between José María Figueres and Rodrigo Chaves reports the CIEP-UCR
QCOSTARICA – If the elections were this Sunday, Costa Rica would have a heart attack to meet the new president, since there is currently a technical tie, according to the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos (CIEP UCR) – the Cen...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:36:46 +0000
Legislators who renounce their parties would lose the seat, proposed
QCOSTARICA – A new modality by Costa Rica’s politicians is for legislators to turn their backs on their political party and declare themselves independent after taking their seat in the Legislative Assembly, some almost immediately, while...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:05:27 +0000
Taxes make Costa Rica pay for the most expensive gasoline on the region
QCOSTARICA – The tax burden charged in Costa Rica for fuel means that consumers in Costa Rica pay the most expensive price in the region. It is for this reason that several business chambers are asking the government to lower or freeze taxes, g...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:21:01 +0000
Costa Rica scraps plan to tax lottery winnings
QCOSTARICA – Legislators decided to file away a bill that sought a 25% tax on lottery prizes greater than ¢225,000 colones, a proposal from the current government. This Tuesday the Committee on Legal Affairs decided unanimously not to proceed ...

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:59:56 +0000
Presidencial candidate Chaves issues a warning to the Judiciary
QCOSTARICA – The presidential candidate of the Partido Progreso Social Democrático (PPSD), Rodrigo Chaves, issued a warning to the Costa Rican Judiciary on Tuesday after hearing “rumors” that the headquarters of his party and his h...



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