QCOSTARICA – For today, Friday, August 27, vehicles with plates ending in 9 & 0 CANNOT circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. From 10:00 pm to 5:00 am A...

TODAY COSTA RICA – Prostitution in Costa Rica is legal. Nevertheless, many of the activities surrounding it are illegal, as the law forbids promoting or facilitating the prostitution of another, and therefore pimping, brothels or prostitution r...

QCOSTARICA – The National Vaccination and Epidemiology Commission agreed to advance the application of the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of August 30 to all people aged 30 to 57 years to 8 weeks administered of the first dose. The deci...

QCOSTARICA – The heavy rains that have been reported in recent hours have wreaked havoc in various parts of the country, including Garabito, in particular the area of Playa Jacó. The Municipality of Garabito reported that incessant rain was re...

Breakthrough Covid infections are relatively uncommon for the fully vaccinated, and rarely result in severe illness or hospitalizations. But when they do happen they can come as a traumatic surprise. Vaccination remains the best defense, health exper...

QCOSTARICA – One year after Costa Rica reopened its air borders due to the Covid-19 health emergency, the return of airlines to the country has already taken off, but it still is not flying high when compared to the market before the pandemic. ...

QCOSTARICA – Discussing the present and future of the Free Zones (Zona Francas) Regime in Costa Rica and Latin America, analyzing trends and exchanging new knowledge about the attraction of direct foreign investment, is the objective of the dis...

Q24N – El Salvador has begun installing bitcoin ATMs, which will allow Salvadorans to convert the cryptocurrency into US dollars and withdraw them in cash. Specifically, the Nayib Bukele administration will install 200 ATMs initially to access ...

Amnesty International – The enforced disappearance of people is the latest tactic that authorities in Nicaragua have adopted to silence any criticism or dissenting voices, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. Where are the...

TODAY NICARAGUA  – The Ortega regime has established a de facto policy of “revenge and punishment” aimed at the opposition. This has become their way of responding to the sanctions the international community continues imposing on their top of...