QCOSTARICA — As you pay (or paid) your 2024 Marchamo, you may have noticed a charge for ¢25,031 (for a passenger vehicle) for the Seguro Obligatorio Automotor (SOA) – Mandatory Automobile Insurance. But, what does it really cover? And is the ¢6 million colones coverage paid with the Machamo enough? […]
Daily Archives: December 14, 2023
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Recently I saw a photo on a Facebook page dedicated to residents of Quepos. Below his photo was his name and QDEP (Que Decansa en Paz). I knew he had died a few years back, but I had not thought about him in years. At one time he had been […]
QCOSTARICA — As the year-end holidays near many government offices will close for the holidays and reopen in the new year. And while many will re-open in the first week in January, others will stay closed for the week and re-open on January 8. One of those is the Consejo […]
RICO’s Q — A cordial, respectful relationship with good communication is what Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves maintains with his Nicaraguan counterpart, Daniel Ortega, and with his wife and vice-president, Rosario Murillo. In an interview with the EFE news agency, Chaves assured that he speaks with Ortega from time to […]
Q24N (EFE) Argentina reacted on Wednesday to the first “shock” measures announced by the government of Javier Milei with calm in the alternative currency markets following the sudden 50% devaluation of the official exchange rate, and with steep price increases in supermarkets and gas stations. The new president of the […]
QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica will end the year in a very positive way. Interannual inflation will be negative, the dollar exchange rate will show a downward trend that will benefit thousands of debtors, and unemployment will remain close to 7%. However, the most notable thing is that the good prospects […]
Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, highlighted on Wednesday his fight to “rescue democracy” in Guatemala from the hands of “politico-criminal elites,” during a visit to Costa Rica, where he met with President Rodrigo Chaves. Guatemala “is currently fighting to rescue democracy, its Constitution, the democratic process from the hands of the […]