QCOSTARICA — On Monday a 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Southern Zone and was felt in several sectors of the country. The main event took place at 1:19 pm between the border of Costa Rica with Panama, in the canton of Corredores, some 4 kilometers deep. The earthquake was felt […]
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Q24N — “Scared”, this was the adjective that Lula used to describe his reaction to some statements by Maduro, in which he mentioned that, if he loses the elections on July 28, Venezuela could enter a “civil war” tainted by a “bath of blood”. One of the last regional allies […]
RICO’s Q — This photo was sent to me by our dear friend Richard, who snapped two of our pizzas being hauled off by a customer around 9 am Sunday,at the Feria de Santa Ana, where my wife and I have a pizza stand. The Feria de Santa Ana is […]
QCOSTARICA — YThe Puente La Amistad de Taiwán (Taiwan Friendship Bridge) that spans the Tempisque River on Ruta 18, between the cantons of Cañas and Nicoya, in Guanacaste, is like new and ready to reopen in two days after months of repair and maintenance work. Although generally known as a […]
Q24N (EFE) The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, revealed on Monday that his Nicaraguan counterpart, Daniel Ortega, has not answered his calls since Pope Francis asked him to advocate for the situation of a bishop in that country. “I spoke with the Pope and he asked me […]
QCOSTARICA — Costa Rica, with a score of 91, is the 37th freest country in the world according to a report published in February by Freedom House, a human rights organization based in Washington D.C., United States. The NGO evaluates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties, ranging from […]
QCOSTARICA – The yellow lemons, which are rare and can only be found a few times a year in Costa Rica, are back right now at Automercado. The “limon persa”, as it is known in Costa Rica, fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world, primarily for […]
QCOSTARICA — The traditional Carnavales (carnival) and Tope Nacional (horse parade) will be suspended for 2024, to the money to better uses, announced this Friday morning the new mayor of San José, Diego Miranda. This December, the downtown streets of Costa Rica’s capital city will be empty of the traditional […]
QCOSTARICA – The San Jose International Airport (SJO) and Guanacaste Airport (LIR) websites report all flight arrivals and departures running normally, not affected by the global tech outage that his airports, airlines, businesses, and emergency services worldwide. According to various reports, the outages appear to stem at least partly from […]
QCOSTARICA — Though no date has been confirmed, the president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, said on Thursday that in a future visit by his colleague from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, he would be interested in talking about topics such as regional integration, security and trade. Chaves declared to journalists […]