Rico

QCOSTARICA — The order from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to ground a group of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft to undergo an inspection, forced adjustments to be made on at least 16 flights in Costa Rica. These changes were confirmed by the managers of the Juan Santamaría (San […]

QCOSTARICA — China;s BYD (Build Your Dreams) managed to surpass Tesla as the world leader in the manufacture and sale of electric vehicles (EV), according to the CarNewsChina.com. The report indicates that during the last quarter of 2023, BYD sold 526,409 fully electric vehicles, surpassing Tesla’s 484,507 vehicles. – Advertisement […]

QCOSTARICA — With only months before the end of his long (really long, like 32 years) term as mayor of San José, Johnny Araya was sanctioned by the Contraloría General de la República  (CGR) – Comptroller General – with a 20-day suspension without pay for committing an erro by directly […]

QCOSTARICA — In an effor to lessen the usual traffic congestion of returning vacationers, the Ruta 27 converts into a ‘one way’ to San José every Sunday this month in an police operation called ‘reversibility’. The reversibility, meaning all lanes will move in the same direction between Pozón (from the […]

QCOSTARICA — San José stands out among the ten cities on the planet in which the cost of living has increased the most in the last year, according to a report published by The Economist. Pictures if La Sabana on the west side of San Jose city San José, Costa […]

QCOSTARICA — Failure to heed to recommendations by the Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales (Lanamme) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), is mostly likely the reason for the failure of the pedestriation bridge over the Circunvalacion in the area of the parque La Paz, that today is […]

QCOSTARICA — Drug violence and homicides would continue to rise in 2024 if there is no change in legislation that allows hitmen (sicarios in Spanish) to be put behind bars, warns President Rodrigo Chaves. President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves (2022-2026). La Republica To achieve this, criminal regulations must be […]

QCOSTARICA — Starting January 1, the tolls on the Ruta 27 (San Jose – Caldera) have increased due to the ordinary quarterly adjustment stipulated in the concession contract, which responds to variations in the dollar exchange rate and the US Consumer Price Index (CPI). “This is the only adjustment of […]

QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica’s well known bureaucracy keeps the massive deployment of 5G technology frozen, and with this, puts investment, competitiveness and job creation at risk. So far, there is no defined date to hold the first auction among operators interested in deploying this technology in the country, much less, […]

QCOSTARICA — Earlier this month, on December 14, 2023, Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly passed in second and final debate Ley No. 23,449 –  “Protección de las personas denunciantes y testigos de actos de corrupción contra represalias laborales” (Law for the protection of persons who report or witness to acts of […]