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Fri, 04 Jun 2021 08:58:30 +0000
A region reacts as Secretary Blinken departs San José
QCOSTARICA (Global Americans) This week, making his first official trip to Latin America, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Costa Rica, meeting with Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado and representatives of the foreign mi...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 06:01:47 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction: June 4, “ODDS”
Today, Friday, June 4, only ODDS can circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. Please note that this week odds allowed to drive on odd calendar days and evens drive o...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 14:00:41 +0000
Costa Rica condemns arrest of Nicaragua’s opposition leader
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica deplored the arrest of opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro, on Wednesday in Nicaragua by the Daniel Ortega regime. “Costa Rica condemns the actions taken in Nicaragua against the political opposition, and reiterates t...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:59:48 +0000
Missing French man’s car appears next to skeletal remains in Nandayure ravine
QCOSTARICA – Eleven days after going missing, police located the car of French citizen Bernard Michon,  in a ravine of San Miguel de Bejuco, in Nandayure, Nicoy. The vehicle was very close to skeletal remains. The finding occurred on Tuesday a...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:47:25 +0000
In Costa Rica, Antony Blinken says ‘Nicaragua is going in the opposite direction’
QCOSTARICA – Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, affirmed on Wednesday that the government of Daniel Ortega is moving “in the opposite direction”, increasingly far from guaranteeing fair and fair elections to the population...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:45:00 +0000
Ortega regime orders Cristiana Chamorro to house arrest
TODAY NICARAGUA – The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo backed down and decided not to execute the order of the Ortega judge Karen Chavarría Morales, head of the Ninth Criminal District Court of Managua, who instructed the police of the ...

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 06:01:23 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction: June 3, “EVENS”
Today, Thursday, June 3, only EVENS can circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. Please note that this week odds allowed to drive on odd calendar days and evens driv...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:54:14 +0000
Carlos Alvarado and Antony Blinken call on countries in the region to respect democracy and freedom of the press
QCOSTARICA – President Carlos Alvarado and  Antony Blinken, Secretary of State of the United States, in Costa Rica, demanded on Tuesday that the countries of the region renew their commitment to the principles of the Inter-American Democratic ...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:05:16 +0000
Higher gas prices in effect today
QCOSTARICA – Filling up starting today, Wednesday, June 2, costs more as the sixth consecutive hike in gas prices takes effect after La Gaceta published the approval of the Regulatory Authority of Public Services (Aresep). The new prices this m...

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:02:13 +0000
Automatic extension of legal stay for tourists expired
QCOSTARICA – The Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) – Costa Rican Tourism Board – confirmed Tuesday that there are no more extensions of the legal stay of foreigners who have entered the country as tourists since December 17, ...



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