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Sat, 22 May 2021 15:29:39 +0000
Caja-INS Agreement says goodbye to the ¢6 million SOA barrier
QCOSTARICA – Those injured in traffic accidents will no longer be moved from the Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS) – National Insurance Institute – care to the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) when they reach the top of ...

Sat, 22 May 2021 14:12:09 +0000
522 people with covid-19 are hospitalized in Intensive Care
QCOSTARICA – Covid-19 keeps public hospitals saturated. In the latest Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) report, as of Friday, May 21 at noon, there were 522 people in Intensive Care Units (ICU), of which 184 were in critical condition....

Sat, 22 May 2021 12:56:22 +0000
Police remove barriers around Legislative Assembly
QCOSTARICA – Starting this week, the new Legislative Assembly building in downtown San Jose gets a cleaner look, and allowing people free movement around the building. This because the Fuerza Publica (National Police) removed the blue and yello...

Sat, 22 May 2021 12:38:18 +0000
Today’s Covid News: 2,587 new cases on Friday; contagion rate rises again
QCOSTARICA – The contagion rate of covid-19 in Costa Rica registered a new rise. The latest analysis by the Universidad Hispanoamericana (UH), released on May 21, showed an increase from 0.99 to 1.16. This Friday, May 21, 2,587 new cases and 29...

Sat, 22 May 2021 12:10:42 +0000
“Stop kissing the chickens”, US health authorities recommend
HQ -Faced with a rebound in salmonellosis cases in the United States, health authorities issued a curious recommendation: they asked citizens to stop kissing their chickens and other poultry. “Do not kiss or hug domestic poultry, and do not eat...

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:38:01 +0000
How well are we really doing, covid wise?
RICO’s DIGEST (OPINION) Here’s some food for thought. Looking over the covid news for Argentina this week, the worst of the worst covid wise in this part of the world. Yes, even worse than Brazil*. Argentina this past week had a 7 day ave...

Fri, 21 May 2021 13:41:36 +0000
Every 40 hours a street stalker is arrested in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Between January 1 and May 20 of this year (140 days), 84 people have been arrested for street sexual harassment. The figure is equivalent to one arrest every 40 hours. It is, in its entirety, men who corner or chase their victims, ...

Fri, 21 May 2021 12:59:02 +0000
Naked, women protested against the Police for reports of sexual violence
QCOLOMBIA – At least 18 complaints of sexual violence allegedly committed by the police have been reported, mostly on social networks, within the framework of the protests of the national strike, according to the organization Temblores. The most re...

Fri, 21 May 2021 12:58:54 +0000
Argentina hit rock bottom: it is the country with the most deaths per million inhabitants
Q24N – The website Our World in Data confirmed that in Argentina there are 16.46 deaths per million inhabitants, becoming the country with the most deaths, surpassing Brazil, which led the list with an average of 11.82. On Wednesday, May 20, th...

Fri, 21 May 2021 11:56:00 +0000
Nicaragua: “The Truth is Under Assault”
(CONFIDENCIAL) The Ortega regime’s police raided this Thursday, May 20th, the recording studio of the Esta Semana and Esta Noche online TV programs, directed by journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro. The staff had temporarily settled in a small space...



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