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Sun, 29 May 2022 08:54:43 +0000
World Champion: Yokasta Valle is the best in the world
QCOSTARICA – The world champion, Yokasta Valle, lived an unforgettable night on Friday.  And she had plenty of reasons, she was awarded as the best boxer in the world in 2021 by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) at a gala dinner held a...

Sat, 28 May 2022 12:53:28 +0000
Compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 is maintained for public and private employees
QCOSTARICA – Mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 in public and private sector employees will continue to be mandatory. The Comisión Nacional de Vacunación y Epidemiología (CNVE) – National Commission of Vaccination and Epidemiology,...

Sat, 28 May 2022 12:39:36 +0000
Latin America will suffer one of its most serious crises due to the war in Ukraine
Q REPORTS (EFE) The Latin American and Caribbean region will go through one of the most acute crises in its history in terms of food insecurity as a result of the war in Ukraine, according to the World Food Program (WFP), which is requesting US$315 m...

Sat, 28 May 2022 09:48:17 +0000
74% of Costa Ricans have not used a taxi in the last year
QCOSTARICA – 74 percent of Costa Ricans say that they have not used a taxi in the last year, from an analysis by the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep) – regulatory authority, that evaluated the taxi service, through...

Sat, 28 May 2022 09:38:29 +0000
Argentina confirms Latin America’s first cases of monkeypox
Q24N – Argentina has confirmed the first cases of monkeypox in Latin America. The country’s health ministry on Friday reported cases of the virus in two men who had recently arrived from Spain. “The outcome of the PCR result of the ...

Sat, 28 May 2022 09:32:13 +0000
Bill to convert loans in dollars to colones would exempt costs
QCOSTARICA – Given the increase in the exchange rate, many are facing the dilemma of having a loan in dollars, but continuing to earn in colones For this, the 19 legislators of the Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) – the party with the l...

Fri, 27 May 2022 13:05:20 +0000
CHEC will have eight more months to complete expansion of RUTA 32
QCOSTARICA – With fingers crossed, by February 2023, the China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) should have completed the expansion of the 107 kilometers of the ruta 32, which connects San José with Limón. This is the third term extension gr...

Fri, 27 May 2022 12:51:44 +0000
Has Costa Rica reached the peak of the fifth wave due to Covid-19?
QCOSTARICA – Although the growth trend of diagnoses by Covid-19 indicates that the country could add at least 15,000 more cases in the next two weeks, it is very likely that it is already at the peak of the pandemic, according to an epidemiolog...

Fri, 27 May 2022 08:14:32 +0000
Campaign against the seasonal influenza (flu) virus will start in June
QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) announced that the start of the vaccination campaign against the seasonal influenza virus will start at the end of June. According to the Caja, the vaccination program will extend over...

Fri, 27 May 2022 08:07:52 +0000
Is ¢700 colones to one dollar around the corner?
QCOSTARICA – The dollar exchange is expected to maintain an upward trend during the coming weeks and months, though it is not expected to exceed ¢700 colones to one US dollar. But the market conditions point that the ¢700 mark will be surpass...



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