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Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:02:27 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction July 23: plates 9 & 0 CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – Today, Friday, July 23, plates ending in 9 & 0 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. The following is the official program on the re...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:56:17 +0000
Weekday vehicle restrictions for even and odd plates planned until August eliminated
QCOSTARICA – The planned odds and evens weekday vehicular restrictions between July 26 and August 8 has been scrapped, in its place two plates a day will be restricted, as it has been applied in the last two weeks. In this way, there will not b...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:13:17 +0000
Legislator proposes that vaccinated can circulate without vehicle restriction
QCOSTARICA – Legislator and former president of the Legislative Assembly, Eduardo Cruickshank, proposed to the Executive Branch to include as a new exception to the vehicle restriction those who have the complete vaccination (two doses) with CO...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:54:31 +0000
Costa Rica seeks to attract more airlines to connect the country to more US cities
QCOSTARICA – The Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) – Costa Rica’s Tourism Board – is working to attract US airlines to increase the number of cities with direct connection to Costa Rica. The Minister of Tourism, Gustavo...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:39:25 +0000
Accused in Chochinilla case will no longer receive a salary during investigation
QCOSTARICA – A legal analysis carried out by experts from the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (MOPT) determined that officials accused in the corruption case known as “Cochinilla” will not be paid their salaries while th...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:35:56 +0000
Tokyo 2020: Costa Rica has not missed an Olympiad since 1964
QCOSTARICA – On July 23, when Andrey Amador gets on his bicycle, Costa Rica will make official a new participation in the Olympic Games, a series of consecutive presentations that also started in the city of Tokyo. Between the 1964 Olympics and...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:32:21 +0000
Latin America facing the perfect storm
Q REPORTS – MADRID/MONTEVIDEO – Latin America is experiencing an especially grave set of crises. The region’s economies are stagnating. Its politics are broken. And, above all, the health of its people is in jeopardy. The mass protests ...

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 06:02:14 +0000
Today’s Vehicle Restriction July 22: plates 7 & 8 CANNOT circulate
QCOSTARICA – Today, Thursday, July 22, plates ending in 7 & 8 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. The following is the official program on the ...

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 23:05:37 +0000
7.0 Quake Originating in Panama Shakes Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Punta Burica, Panama, shook most of the Costa Rican territory at 3:15 pm this Wednesday, July 21. The National Seismological Network (RSN) reported that the epicenter was located 113 kilometers south o...

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 22:08:05 +0000
Grand Opening! Tomorrow opens the largest field of multi-colored sunflowers in the country
QCOSTARICA – Pital de San Carlos will open the country’s first mega-field of multicolored sunflowers starting tomorrow, with an exhibition of more than 130 thousand sunflowers of different types, with varieties of colors and sizes, includ...



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