The exchange rate has maintained a slight upward trend in the country after reaching a historic low. Although this trend is expected to continue, experts consider it unlikely that the value of the U.S. dollar will reach or exceed ¢600. Economists predict a greater demand for dollars in the exchange […]
Monthly Archives: May 2024
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A symbolic coffin with the Nicaraguan flag alongside photographs of young people killed in the protests against President Daniel Ortega in 2018 led a vigil this Sunday in Costa Rica, where thousands of exiles live, to commemorate the sixth anniversary of a massacre that occurred on Mother’s Day. In the […]
QCOSTARICA — Starting in July, the Canadian airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Air Transat, will fly from Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to the Guanacaste Airport (LIR) in Liberia, two times a week on Wednesdays and Sundays and from Toronto (YYZ) on Tuesdays and Saturdays. “This will imply growth in […]
QCOSTARICA — Using special jacks, the El Puente La Amistad, the bridge over the Tempisque River, is being raised to replace the damaged supports, as part of the maintenance work. The vehicular and pedestrian crossing bridge extends across the estuary at the mouth of the Tempisque River, located on Route […]
The Vatican announced this past Thursday, May 23, that Pope Francis has approved the canonization of the young Italian Carlo Acutis, known as the “apostle of the Internet.” Acutis, who died in 2006 at the age of 15, has been proclaimed a saint thanks to a miracle attributed to a […]
The She Is Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the national call for the “She Is Astronaut” program with immersion at the NASA Space Center in Houston, Texas. This program is aimed at girls and young women between 11 and 16 years old, and seeks to challenge gender […]
Carlo Acutis, known as “God’s influencer” and the “cyber-apostle of the Eucharist,” passed away at the tender age of 15 due to leukemia. Despite his early death, Carlo’s legacy continues to inspire millions, as he is set to become the first ‘millennial saint’ in the history of the Catholic Church. […]
Canada announced that it will support Costa Rica and other countries in the region with a $15 million donation through the Conserve Birds program. The initiative seeks to protect several key ecosystems and the bird species that inhabit them. Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development, announced the donation at an […]
The Costa Rican athlete Ligia Madrigal, 51, reached the goal and this past Wednesday became the first woman from Costa Rica to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, in the Himalayan mountain range. The Tica level reached 8,848 meters around 5 in the afternoon […]
Colombia will not close its border with Panama along the Darien Gap — the dense, dangerous jungle that has become a major route for migration toward the United States said Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo. The comments came as Jose Raul Mulino, elected as Panama’s new president on May 5, […]