On Wednesday, a group of military personnel from the Armed Forces of El Salvador arrived in Costa Rica as part of an aid brigade offered by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. The deployment aims to assist with the emergency response to recent torrential rains that have impacted the country. The Salvadoran […]
Daily Archives: November 13, 2024
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The National Emergency Commission (CNE) in Costa Rica has issued a red alert for the Pacific coast as severe flooding and heavy rains continue. The rest of the country remains under an orange alert, with the Southern Caribbean under a yellow alert. This heightened alert follows forecasts that the intense […]
For Isidora Olave, shopping malls are a thing of the past. This young Chilean shops on Shein, Temu, or AliExpress—the ultra-cheap Chinese online stores whose aggressive competition is pushing Latin America to protect its retail trade.University-aged women, active on social media but above all lovers of “ultra-fast fashion” (very low-priced […]
QCOSTARICA — During his visit to the La Reforma Penitentiary Center, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele warned that Costa Rica is showing the same signs of violence that El Salvador had 40 years ago. After touring different modules, such as closed median and maximum security, he indicated that the State must […]
QCOSTARICA — A group of soldiers from the Salvadoran Armed Forces entered Costa Rica on Wednesday as part of the aid brigade announced on Monday by President Nayib Bukele in response to the rainy emergency during his official visit to Costa Rica. The entry, however, was without prior approval from […]
Today, as I sit in Guanacaste listening to the pitter-patter of raindrops on the roof of my sweaty little office, I find myself pining for dry season. Costa Rica is famous for its varied microclimates. One can travel to different elevations in the span of less than a day, arriving […]
QCOSTARICA — Guanacaste, by far, has been the hardest hit by the rains of the last several days. According to meteorologists, in just six days, Guanacaste recorded accumulated rainfall equivalent to all the water that falls in an average November. “In some areas it has rained 8, 9 and 10 […]
QCOSTARIA — The Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) raised the entire Pacific slope to ‘Red Alert’, given that the rains are expected to continue throughout the week, according to the national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN). In addition, the high saturation of the soils due to the rains […]
Q24N (Confidencial) Miss Universe, the Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios, will turn over her crown to the new Miss Universe on November 16, 2024. During her reign she visited at least 31 countries, becoming the most traveled international beauty queen ever. However, she is also the only Miss Universe who did not […]
Q24N (Confidencial) At the end of 2023, well-known political writer Robert Kagan wrote an article that provoked controversy among the politically aware public. The title speaks for itself: “A Trump dictatorship is ever more inevitable.” The reason Kagan cited to prove his thesis was the demonstrated inability of the US […]