QCOSTARICA — During the press conference following the weekly cabinet meeting, President Rodrigo Chaves announced that a criminal complaint had been filed against the Chinese company Huawei and several public officials, without addressing the facts that are being investigated. The accusation that was announced jointly with Marco Acuña, executive president […]
Monthly Archives: December 2024
Q24N (Confidencial) The Russian government has approved a draft intergovernmental military cooperation agreement with Nicaragua proposed by the Russian Ministry of Defense and coordinated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Russian institutions. The Russian government has tasked the Defense and Foreign Affairs Ministries with negotiating with Nicaragua and, […]
QCOSTARICA — If you have to go to downtown San Jose, in particular on Paseo Colón, in the coming days, keep in mind that the security operation for the Festival de la Luz that takes place on Saturday, has already begun, which includes partial closures on this busy road in […]
RICO’s Q – I didn’t realize or feel the impact until I saw the news that the apps WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram suffered a global crash on Wednesday that affected its applications and whose service has already been restored. “We are aware that a technical problem is affecting the ability […]
The Cultural Cnter of Spain in Costa Rica was the epicenter of a series of profound reflections on water, one of the most valuable and threatened common goods on our planet. The sixth edition of E•CO/24 was an international meeting of photography and visual narratives that arrived in Costa Rica, […]
Costa Rica closed last year with 4,800 registered electric cars, according to the Safe Mobility Study 2024, prepared by Grupo Purdy and the Center for Urban Sustainability. Global figures indicate that one in five new cars sold last year was electric. This represents a total of 40 million vehicles of […]
The two fixed scanners donated by the U.S. Embassy to Costa Rica, intended for the ports of Japdeva in Limón and Caldera in Puntarenas, remain stored in boxes inside the National Air Surveillance Service facilities in Alajuela. The state-of-the-art equipment, which arrived in Costa Rica on November 15 and was […]
Francis Durman, a distinguished Costa Rican entrepreneur, has been honored with the prestigious Businessman of the Year Award by El Financiero. On Tuesday, December 10, El Financiero hosted the 27th edition of the EF Awards, a highly anticipated annual event recognizing exceptional contributions to Costa Rica’s business sector. The awards spotlight achievements in entrepreneurship, innovation, […]
Costa Rica has taken a significant step in wildlife conservation by addressing the growing issue of wildlife electrocutions in Santa Fe de Cóbano, Guanacaste. Officials from the Tempisque Conservation Area (ACT), responding to a citizen alert, intervened after an insulated power line used by animals to cross the street was […]
Q24N — Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic promise. 2024 marked a turning point in the laptop industry, with advances that a few years ago seemed like science fiction. “The true power of AI is not in automating tasks, but in amplifying human potential,” says Caroline Raimundo, Marketing […]