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Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:43:12 +0000
Protests and blockades will be back next Monday
QCOSTARICA – Following several months of calm, the Movimiento Rescate Nacional (National Rescue Movement) announced that they will again take to the streets in protest and with blockaded on February 15, in opposition to the agreement the countr...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:34:42 +0000
11 Months later, more than a million students return to the classroom
QCOSTARICA – On Monday, February 8, the 2021 school year began. The Ministerio de Education Publica (MEP) – summoned 1.2 million students of all grades to return to the classroom, after classes were suspended in 2020, 11 months ago, when ...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:02:10 +0000
Quarantine in the United States is only a recommendation; in Canada mandatory
Q COSTA RICA TRAVEL – Since last January 26, the United States Government and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires proof of negative COVID-19 test or recovery from COVID-19 for all air passengers arriving in the U.S. Th...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:49:31 +0000
Resident of Isla Caballo: “I didn’t buy supplies because my daughter doesn’t have a teacher, we don’t know anything about the classes.”
QCOSTARICA – Today, Monday, February 8, is the return to school for children across the country. For the average family, it is an exciting time, for others like in Isla Caballo, it’s not so simple. In the weeks and days before the start o...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:08:27 +0000
3 out of 4 women missing in Costa Rica are minors
QCOSTARICA – In 2020 there were more than 900 reports of missing women in Costa Rica. Three out of every four reports were of minors, according to statistical data from the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ). The data, requested by La Na...

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:29:34 +0000
Peru receives first batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
Q24N – The first batch of vaccines produced by China’s Sinopharm arrived Sunday in Lima, Peru, according to that country’s president, to begin immunization against the coronavirus when the country faces the second wave of the pandemic. Fran...

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:11:51 +0000
New vehicle restrictions starting February 8
QCOSTARICA – Starting tomorrow, Monday, February 8, the daytime vehicular restrictions will cease to apply throughout the country and only in the city of San Jose. From 5:00 am to 10:00 pm, from Monday to Friday, will only be governed by the la...

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 13:04:32 +0000
Costa Rica won’t be joining the Pacific Alliance
HQ – Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado ruled out to restart the inclusion of Costa Rica in the Pacific Alliance for the rest of his term, which will conclude in May 2022. ‘I’ve kept my promise, because I believe that Costa Rica ...

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 12:55:28 +0000
Cuba to Offer Vaccine to Arriving Tourists
TODAY CUBA – Cuban doctors have been hailed across Africa and Latin America for providing the “backbone” of numerous nations’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the US government has attacked the medical brigades, claiming they ...

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 12:48:56 +0000
Loan Sharks Circle as Latin America Reels From Pandemic
Insightcrime.org – As workers across Latin America struggle to stay afloat amid economic strain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, loan sharks offering abusive interest rates have cornered the market, forcing workers seeking financial assistance ...



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