Yearly Archives: 2015

QCOSTARICA from Discovery Blog - Isla del Coco (Cocos Island) lies 560 kilometres (350 miles) off of the coast of Costa Rica. The picturesque volcanic island is small, with a circumference of only 20 km (12 miles) -- but what it lacks in size, it makes up for with...

QCOSTARICA - The AutoMercado supermarket chain announced plans to open on average, two new supermarkets a year between 2016 and 2014. Company president, Guillermo Alonso, added that the chain has four supermarkets in the process of development, but suffering great delays due to "tramitomania" (bureaucracy) by state and municipal entities. The...

QCOSTARICA - Among the 47 portraits of former Presidents, on Tuesday the portrait of the first woman president of the Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010-2014) was unveiled in the Hall of Presidents (Salón de Expresidentes de República), of the Legislative Assembly. Chinchilla is the first woman to have a place of...