US lawmakers voted Tuesday to expand pre-trial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects as a new Congress unified under Republican control works to deliver on Donald Trump’s vow to crack down on illegal immigration. The Laken Riley Act — which calls for the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes […]
Daily Archives: January 7, 2025
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According to the Vital Statistics 2023 on population, births, deaths and marriages, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) last November, 50,205 births were registered in Costa Rica during that year. Of the total, 25,507 were men and 24,698 were women. According to this report, the crude […]
Costa Rica aims to grow its tourism industry this year. The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) has two key objectives: to enhance the tourism product and diversify the international promotion of Costa Rica. Among the projects planned for this year to improve the Costa Rican tourism product is the inauguration […]
Customs and traditions are passed down from generation to generation, and despite the fact that globalization is wreaking havoc on world society, with the loss of identity, in Santa Cruz the situation is different, because the more they resemble yesterday, the happier they are. Gastronomy, music, bull riding, folkloric dances, […]
Spend a little time in Costa Rica, and you’ll quickly realize it is a country that plays by its own rules and has some pretty unique sayings. It may be known as the land of Pura Vida but sometimes all the “tiquismos“ can have you feeling pura loco trying to […]
Gal Gadot, recognized worldwide for her role as Wonder Woman, chose Costa Rica as her destination to enjoy the end of the year. According to information confirmed by the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration, the Israeli actress and model entered the country on the past December 19 and left […]
With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key sphere of American influence, analysts say. Carter, who died at the age of 100, defied the furor of US conservatives to negotiate the handover of the […]
QCOSTARICA — The Partido Unidad Social Cristiana (PUSC) faction insists on a bill to prohibit motorcyclists from traveling with male companions as a measure against hired assassins or sicarios in Spanish. María Marta Carballo, the leader of the PUSC faction in the Legislative Assembly, headed the bill drafted by PUSC […]
Q24N — Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resigned after being in office for almost a decade. The announcement was made by Trudeau himself at a press conference, But why is this happening? The resignation comes amid political tensions within the country where the opposition is gaining more and more […]
Q24N (VOANews) A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan. Sister Inah Canabarro was so skinny growing up that many didn’t think she would survive childhood, Cleber Canabarro, her 84-year-old nephew, […]