Q Costa Rica
Reports by QCR staff
Heavy downpours generated the first phreatic eruption of this year at the Turrialba volcano
QCOSTARICA - Several residents of La Pastora, La Central and Monte Calas, in the...
Diseases, weather and low prices hit the orange sector in Costa Rica
HQ - The appearance of pests and diseases, in particular the 'dragón amarillo' (yellow...
New Television Program To Promote Family Fun
Q ENTERTAINMENT - Attention families of Costa Rica! A new contest program, led by...
Opinion: Peru’s electoral drama is damaging democracy
Q REPORTS (DW) In Peru, the left-wing village school teacher Pedro Castillo has in...
Tourism’s path to recovery
QREPORTS - A new travel trends research paper released today by Tripadvisor®, the world's...
Which countries could follow El Salvador by making it legal tender?
Q24N - El Salvador may be the first country to adopt bitcoin as legal...
The U.S. and Democracy in Nicaragua
Q REPORTS (Council on Foreign Affairs) Democracy is being destroyed in Nicaragua. This has...
Costa Rica will have a system to reduce marine pollution
QCOSTARICA - Costa Rica will have a system called "Interceptor" that will eliminate floating...
Police intervenes in the Rincón Grande de Pavas school due to overcrowding
HQ - The Fuerza Publica (National Pollice) intervened an agglomeration of people on the...
“Salas de Masaje” served as a front for offering sexual services
QCOSTARICA - A massage parlor located in the Catedral district, in downtown San José,...
Missing French man’s car appears next to skeletal remains in Nandayure ravine
QCOSTARICA - Eleven days after going missing, police located the car of French citizen...
Minister of Health appeared before Congress to report on vaccination
The Minister of Health, Daniel Salas, to legislators about vaccination against COVID-19, assures that...
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
Q REPORTS (BBC) I know, you probably haven't even driven one yet, let alone...
Is it all Greek to you? Coronavirus variants get new names
(REUTERS) Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of...
Could a simple pill beat COVID-19? Pfizer is giving it a go
While the focus has been largely on vaccines, you might have also heard Pfizer...
Covid or coronapás passport: ever closer to their existence (on a massive scale)
Q REPORTS - What is a ‘covid passport’; or sanitary passport of vaccination against...
Couple struck and killed by lightning while watching the sunset in Puntarenas
HQ - A couple died this Sunday afternoon in Buenos Aires, Puntarenas, after, apparently,...
A Bicentennial Celebration in Costa Rica: The Case of a Singular Democracy
OP-ED By Rodolfo Solano Quirós, Costa Rica's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Costa Rica is celebrating...
Guanacaste will have 12 new water reservoirs to combat shortages
QCOSTARICA - With an investment of ¢70 million by the Instituto de Desarrollo Rural...
Help My Business Get Noticed… Please!
EXPAT FOCUS - With so much despair in the business community of Costa Rica...
The spectacular ‘Super Red Moon’
QCOSTARICA - Lovers of astronomy had their eyes fixed on the sky in the...
Body of Canadian appears gagged and stabbed inside a mobile home in Puntarenas
HQ - The body of a 41-year-old Canadian was found gagged and stabbed multiple...
US still offers hope to Latin Americans fleeing violence
Q REPORTS - "Work, work, work!" That's the first thing Cesar Moncado thinks about...
CCSS reports application of 1.2 million vaccines against covid-19
QCOSTARICA - The Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) reported Monday that its teams...
In hail of bullets in mortal assault in Limon
QCOSTARICA - The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) recovered more than 23 casings at...
Recope requests the sixth consecutive increase in fuel prices for 2021
QCOSTARICA - The Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo(RECOPE - the refinery that does not refine...
Covid vaccine passport, salvation or division?
EL UNIVERSAL Washington / Brussels - The desperation to reactivate economies, in the midst...
Space tourism is here – 20 years after the first stellar tourist, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin plans to send civilians to space
For most people, getting to the stars is nothing more than a dream. But...
Can scientists predict all of the ways the coronavirus will evolve?
Late last year, three distinct and fast-spreading coronavirus variants were observed in the UK,...
A Few More Ways to Convince Hesitant Friends and Family to Get Their Vax
VICE.com - As the New York Times reported Monday morning, public health experts are...
Customs to hold electronic auctions to sell unclaimed products
QCOSTARICA - The National Customs Service (Aduanas) will carry out the first electronic auctions...
The digital currencies that matter
Q REPORTS (The Economist) Technological change is upending finance. Bitcoin has gone from being...
