It has been mentioned before: Costa Rica has an aging profile like that of the most developed countries. The problem is that there are not the same resources to address the demographic challenge of a nation with many more older adults. There are three key concerns for those who pay […]
Daily Archives: February 4, 2025
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered to imprison dangerous “criminals” from the United States and foreigners sent from the United States in his country’s mega-prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday. Bukele decided to “accept for deportation any illegal foreigner in the United States who is a criminal of […]
On February 10 and 12, the National Symphony Choir (CSN) will hold in-person auditions in search of new singers of different ages and ranges to join the artistic projects of the 2025 season. The auditions are aimed at people over 18 years of age and will be held in the […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered Costa Rica support on Tuesday to face “blackmail” from Chinese companies, before continuing his trip to Guatemala, one of Taiwan’s last allies. A country “deserves support” when facing “companies that are not secure, are backed by governments like China’s that likes to threaten, […]
Competition is good, right? It is arguably what most drives the capitalist system. An open marketplace of goods and services, for the buyer to choose from. With competition, if you don’t like Product A, you’ve got Products B,C,D available, and may the best product win. When I lived near the […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Costa Rica on Tuesday, the third stop of his first foreign tour, seeking to curb Chinese influence in Latin America. Rubio began his trip in Panama, where he reported progress in his efforts to reduce Chinese influence around the strategic Panama Canal. […]
QCOSTARICA — Legislators on Monday ended up shouting and threatening over the plan for cheap flights in Central America and the Dominican Republic. The initiative, promoted by the legislator Eliécer Feinzaig, proposes that the cost to fly to any country in the region should not exceed US$100 (round trip) or, […]
QCOSTARICA — The Ministry of Justice (Ministerio de Justicia y Paz) proposes a reform to the National Penitentiary System Law (Ley del Sistema Penitenciario Nacional) so that prisoners must work. “Costa Rica does not have a law for the penitentiary system, we have been working by regulations, and that creates disorder,” […]
Be proud of Puntarenas and Costa Ricans in general for having the largest hospital in the country and therefore in all of Central America. The new hospital named Monseñor Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez in Puntarenas, is considered the largest work built by the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), with […]