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 […]
Monthly Archives: January 2025
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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, […]
QCOSTARICA — The national weather service, the Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), forecasts that strong gusts of wind and occasional rain will predominate over the weather conditions this Tuesday, due to the influence of Cold Surge #8 that will enter the country today. “The entry of Cold Surge #8 into the […]
QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica’s own Maikol Yordan confirmed that he is in Costa Rica because many people have “asked him” for the information. In a joking tone, the production of the film “Maikol Yordan Returns… to Classes” reacted to the news that basketball legend Michael Jordan arrived in Costa Rican […]