QCOSTARICA – It’s been some days since I have posted a new report on the covid-19 situation in Costa Rica. It’s not for the lack of interest, though the concern of the earlier months seems to have dissipated, not that I am not being...

QCOSTARICA – The Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (lLIR), in Liberia, Guanacaste, received this weekend two new routes from the United Airlines airline from two U.S. major cities, San Francisco (SFO)  and Los Angeles (LAX). The inau...

QCOSTARICA – A waterfall of more than 140 meters and a canyon with giant stone walls decorate an area never before penetrated by humans. The Toros Canyoning group, experts in canyoning (a vertical sport with ropes focused on the exploration of ...

QCOSTARICA – When implemented together, the mandatory use of masks and vehicle restriction were the most efficient measure to reduce hospitalizations for Covid-19, according to preliminary findings of a recent study. In contrast, other measures...

QCOSTARICA – After the world struggled for months to find a vaccine against COVID-19, one of the looming discussions is whether an employer can force their employees to get vaccinated against the SARS-COV-2 virus. For the moment the answer is n...

Government contradictions are astonishing. Legislators question the lack of structural reforms in the proposal to go to the International Monetary Fund – IMF – (FMI in Spanish) as the government bets on more foreign debt and taxes.

QCOSTARICA – The teachers’ demand to be vaccinated against covid-19 before returning to the classroom did not echo in the halls of the Ministry of Education or in the Ministry of Health. Guiselle Cruz, Minister of Education, was clear on ...

QCOSTARICA – The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS)reported Friday that 9,751 people had already received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. 83% were applied to officials of hospitals and clinics of the CCSS, 9.9% to seniors residi...

QCOSTARICA – The Municipality of Garabito reversed Friday afternoon in its intention to extend until 6 pm the opening hours of the canton’s beaches such as Playa Jacó, Hermosa and Herradura, among others. Patricio Morera Víquez, executi...

QCOSTARICA – KLM Royal Dutch Airlines resumed its direct flights from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to the Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR), in Liberia, this week. The Tuesday night arrival was the first in a series of returning ...