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Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:51:53 +00003 reasons to dollarize and not to dollarize in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA — A new boost to foreign investment and employment, the elimination of uncertainty over the dollar exchange rate, thus favoring businesses and debtors, and the certainty that the State would not manipulate interest rates to keep down...
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:07:27 +000075 years of the abolition of the army in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA – Costa Rica celebrated on Friday, December 1, the 75th anniversary of the Día de la Abolición del Ejército (Abolition of the Army Day), a landmark that put the country in the world spotlight as a reference of peace and demo...
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 12:52:50 +0000Cuba’s Brain Drain
Q24N (HAVANA TIMES) Many professionals are leaving Cuba in search of a better life, and you can deduce that the brain drain is especially dangerous right now. A brain drain, or talent drain, is the loss of professionals and scientists with a universi...
Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:44:13 +0000Nicaraguans Experience “The Most Violent Year” in Costa Rica
QCOSTARICA (Confidencial) Natalia had heard distant gunshots almost daily. Sometimes close by, but always at night. That midday, the blast interrupted the daytime rush and her hurried routine of getting her six-year-old daughter ready for preschool. ...
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 11:17:50 +0000Nicaraguan Border Officials Make Student Leader Sign Apology Letter to Daniel Ortega
Q24N (Confidencial) The worsening police harassment pushed former student leader Justina Orozco to decide to leave Nicaragua after enduring five years of repression in the country. She thought she could leave legally, since she hadn’t participated ...