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Yearly Archives: 2015

Rico

President Solis Considers Uber “Illegal”

QCOSTARICA - "On what Don Otto Guevara (legislator for the Movimiento Libertario) says about using the (Uber) service, it must be made clear that if Transit authorities stop a vehicle in which he is travelling, the driver will be fined," said President Luis Guillermo Solis on Friday, hours after...
Rico

In 2005 Costa Rica Tried To Block Skype. Now Uber!

TICOBULL - In an article in La Nacion Friday, blogger Pablo Fonseca, brings us back to 2005 when Costa Rica seriously considered blocking Skype, just like today it wants to do with Uber. In 2005, the state agency ICE still had a monopoly on telecommunications, that included expensive international calling...
Rico

Foreign Ministers of Asia-Latin America Meet in Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA - Costa Rica was the site for the 7th Meeting of Ministers of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC), focusing on strengthening ties between these regions. During the two days, from August 19 to 21, representatives of the 36 nations of the forum discussed issues of common...