According to Costa Rican health authorities, 2,939 people have presented vape-related disorders between January and October. Adolescents and young adults are the most affected by smoking-related diseases. Data also shows an alarming increase in the use of vapes, driven by the attractive image that the industry has projected onto these […]
Daily Archives: December 23, 2024
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Guatemalan officials said Sunday that members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect broke into a shelter attempting to recapture 160 minors taken from their compound two days earlier by authorities, who accuse the sect of child sexual abuse. The farm compound in Oratoria, southwest of Guatemala City, was raided on Friday by […]
Doña Flor Arguedas has been making tamales since she was 22. That was the year she got married. Her new mother-in-law told her, “Get ready. We are making tamales for Christmas.” While this is a holiday tradition in most Costa Rican families, it so happened that Arguedas had never made […]
QCOSTARICA — The Costa Rican passport closes 2024 as the seventh “most powerful” in Latin America and the first in Central America, according to a recent measurement published by Passport Index. According to this indicator, Costa Rica maintains the regional position of 2023. This is thanks to the fact that […]
QCOSTARICA — Starting January 1, 2025, the identification document for foreigners -Documento de Identidad Para Personas Extranjeras (DIMEX), issued by the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería (DGME), will increase its cost by US$5. The cost of the residency card will now be US$128. If a foreigner is approved for […]
QCOSTARICA — The new rules of the Family Procedural Code that came into effect this year cover several situations that could arise, especially in cases where there are children and pension or visitation regimes. “The principle of the best interest of the child is reinforced, as well as the obligation […]
QCOSTARICA — The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) – Judicial Investigation Agency – presented for the first time a heat map on how criminal groups are distributed in Costa Rica. Randall Zúñiga, director of the OIJ, said that at the moment they have 155 dismantled criminal groups and 112 gangs […]