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Fri, 11 Jun 2021 06:01:31 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction: June 11, “EVENS”
Today, Friday, June 11, 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. The odd/even vehicle restriction that started on Wednesday, May 19 will be until June...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 23:49:29 +0000
Direct flight will connect Guanacaste with Austin starting in November
QCOSTARICA – American Airlines announced that starting November 2, 2021, it will offer a direct flight between Austin, Texas and the Daniel Oduber International Airport, in Liberia, Guanacaste. The new route will be offered on Tuesdays, Thursda...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 23:37:40 +0000
5.7 Quake jolts Costa Rica
2021-06-10 17:27:0.5, Magnitude: 5.76, Depth 10.0 km, Epicenter: 95.5 km Southwest Malpais de Puntarenas. The jolt was felt also in the Central Valley. No reports of damages or injuries.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 23:31:44 +0000
Vaccine Tourism – A Practical Guide
By Amy Gdala, Guest Contributor – The US has a surplus of vaccines, while Costa Rica is struggling to supply sufficient numbers to citizens and residents in a timely fashion. “Vaccine Tourism” – traveling to get a vaccine abro...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:19:38 +0000
Today’s Covid News: Contagion rate in Costa Rica remains unchanged in the last week
QCOSTARICA – The contagion rate of covid-19 in Costa Rica in the last week did not change, a fact that is seen for the first time in the weekly analysis of the Universidad Hispanoamericana (UH). However, the fact that it remains static, in this...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:24:29 +0000
The US improves travel alerts for Central America; Not Costa Rica and Nicaragua
QCOSTARICA – The United States has eased travel advisories for most Central American countries, with the exception of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, according to information recently updated by the State Department. This according to the evolution o...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:49:49 +0000
Tourism sector feels in crisis despite increase in international arrivals
QCOSTARICA – Despite the improvement in tourist arrivals reported in May, with more than 72,000 visitors, both the Cámara Nacional de Turismo (Canatur) and the Cámara de Hoteles (CCH) – Chamber of Tourism and the Chamber of Hotels ̵...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:40:05 +0000
Costa Rica passes law to attract foreign pensioners and rentiers with $150K capital
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica’s legislature approved, in the first debate, a bill that reduces the minimum amount that a foreign pensioner or rentier must invest to obtain a ten-year residence in Costa Rica. The sum will drop from a minimum of ...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:32:47 +0000
Which countries could follow El Salvador by making it legal tender?
Q24N – El Salvador may be the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, but recent developments suggest that it might not be the last. Politicians in several other countries in Latin America have already expressed an interest, with some e...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:21:22 +0000
The U.S. and Democracy in Nicaragua
Q REPORTS (Council on Foreign Affairs) Democracy is being destroyed in Nicaragua. This has been the long-term project of Daniel Ortega, the country’s dictator, who has steadily undermined every independent institution there. He has attacked the fre...



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