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. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2025
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 […]
Digital communication is the exchange of information through digital media, such as social networks, websites, mobile applications, among others. An analysis of more than 75 thousand notes and more than 2 million comments revealed, according to Rodrigo Castro, CEO of SHIFT Porter Novelli, that: 2024 was a year where social, […]
Costa Rica is home to a variety of herons, egrets, and bitterns. In general, they are birds with long legs and sharp beaks that search for prey in aquatic environments. Almost every one of these species keeps a diurnal schedule. They’re up nice and early, gobbling down some aquatic organisms […]
It has been 12 years since Randall Arauz, began his fight to protect marine species in Costa Rica, mainly hammerhead sharks. Randall Arauz, a Costa Rican marine biologist with a PhD in Marine Sciences, has been working on marine conservation issues since the 1990s and is a member of Marine […]
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in El Salvador on Monday to promote migration and security policy with President Nayib Bukele, an ally of Donald Trump. In the second stop, after Panama, of his first trip as U.S. chief diplomat, Rubio could propose to Bukele, who enjoys great popularity […]
It was a historic day in Rosario, Argentina, as Costa Rica legend Keylor Navas made his debut with soccer club Newell’s Old Boys. As part of the third matchday of the Argentine First Division, Newell’s defeated Aldosivi 1-0 at home, securing their first win of the Torneo Apertura after losses to Independiente […]
Q24N (EFE) The president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, “trusts” that the crisis surrounding the threats of his American counterpart, Donald Trump, to “recover” the canal will be “overcome” because “there is no basis for a confrontation,” a few days before the arrival of the US Secretary of State, Marco […]