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Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:57:20 +0000
Captain Who Took His Center Console Boat 2,400 Miles From Florida To Costa Rica Tells His Wild Story
A man from Sarasota, Florida just completed the journey of a lifetime. He took his 40-foot center console boat, a 40′ High Performance Cat from Barker Boatworks, on a 2,400-mile journey from Sarasota, Florida to Mexico to Honduras to Panama and the...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:44:59 +0000
Government presents bill to sell off the Banco de Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – President Rodrigo Chaves and the Minister of Finance, Nogui Acosta, signed two bills on Wednesday. One of them aimed at reforming the fiscal rule and another for the sale of the the state bank, the Banco de Costa Rica (BCR). The bi...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:50:00 +0000
The silent exodus of priests in Nicaragua
TODAY NICARAGUA – “Goodbye my Nicaragua! It hurts me to breathe in the front country,” wrote Catholic Church priest Uriel Vallejos, once he was safe in Costa Rican territory. Vallejos remained besieged by the police for three days at the beginn...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:31:35 +0000
Attacks against independent journalism intensify in Central America
Q24N – A photographer had to flee from Nicaragua, the head of a newspaper in Guatemala is in prison and a portal in El Salvador, prosecuted. All after publishing uncomfortable information of their governments in Central America, where independe...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:05:18 +0000
El Salvador: Twitter user prosecuted for contempt against Nayib Bukele
Q24N – A court in El Salvador moved to the investigation stage a criminal proceeding against the Twitter user Luis Rivas, critical of the Government, for the charge of contempt against the Public Administration and President Nayib Bukele, accor...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 07:51:58 +0000
Bye, Bye SIM Cards: Apple Fully Embraces eSIM
QTECH –  On Wednesday, Apple announced its latest iPhone, #14, preserving much of the iPhone 13’s design, that will be available to pre-order this Friday, with an official release on September 16. While going over all the new features in the...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:36:50 +0000
An estimated 60,000 people a year are exposed to “informal” loans
QCOSTARICA – The Costa Rican Microfinance Association (Asociación Costarricense de Microfinanzas) estimates that annually 60,000 people in Costa Rica are exposed to being victims of informal loans or better known as “gota a gota” loans...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:54:31 +0000
Minister of Health: “I have decreased deaths, I have decreased cases, I have decreased patients in intensive care”
QCOSTARICA – Before a Legislative Assembly that, for the most part, questioned over and over again her decisions as Minister of Health, Joselyn Chacón gave herself a pat on the back and took credit for the current situation due to COVID-19 in ...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:40:33 +0000
What are the top Resume Skills for Finance Professionals?
A career in finance is something you should think about if you have an interest in financial services, securities, stocks and bonds, and other types of investments. There are many high-demand employment options available in the financial sector. Hiri...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:26:33 +0000
How To Choose An Energy Supplier When Switching
There are many reasons why you would want to switch energy suppliers. Maybe your current company has many outages that take them a long time to fix, or perhaps they have jacked their prices up without much notice. It doesn’t really matter why, ...



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