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Trump has no plans to invade Venezuela, but bombings and military incidents are not ruled out

Q24N -- The worsening military tensions in the Caribbean between the Donald Trump administration and Nicolás Maduro's dictatorship in Venezuela will not lead to an invasion, which would require at least a two-year occupation to produce "regime change." However, it...

Dollar drops 1% as Trump’s plans to ‘water down’ tariffs are revealed

Q24N (EFE) The US dollar fell on Monday morning by around 1% after the Washington Post newspaper said that President-elect Donald Trump had "watered down" his plans to impose universal tariffs, with a special impact on products from China,...

Intel plans to invest US$1.2 billion in Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA -- Earlier in July, the U.S. State Department said that it would partner with Costa Rica's government to support the country's semiconductor sector through the CHIPS and Science Act. Intel has a 26-year history in Costa Rica and the...

Government plans to borrow US$200M to subsidize bus tickets

QCOSTARICA - Due to the high cost of fuels, the government of Rodrigo Chaves is evaluating taking out a loan for US$200 million dollars to subsidize bus tickets. This is a proposal from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration...

López Obrador and Biden will analyze their plans for Central America, migration and security

Q24N - The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the president of the United States, Joe Biden, will hold a virtual meeting on Friday to discuss their plans for Central America and analyze the upcoming challenges in...

Are Business Plans Obsolete?

So much has changed about doing business since the more traditional days of entrepreneurship, while other practices have retained their footholds over the years. For instance, as you work toward launching your own company you may ask: Are business...

Authorities activate contingency plans to mitigate effects of the dry season

QCOSTARICA - The Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN) - Costa Rica's weather service, the National Commission for Risk Prevention and Emergency Response (CNE), the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), and the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (AyA)...

Omicron variant of Covid unravels travel industry’s comeback plans

Tourism businesses that were just finding their footing after nearly two years of devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic are being rattled again as countries throw up new barriers to travel in an effort to contain the omicron variant. From...

Costa Rica derails plans for the electric train

QCOSARICA - The Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) - Costa Rica's railway, has been forced to put on hold the prequalification stage of the tender to finance, construct, operate and maintain the US$1.5 billion dollar electric train after the...

Liberty Latin America’s plans for Costa Rica

QCOSTARICA - With 6.3 million subscribers in 12 countries and US$4.5 billion in annual revenues, Liberty Latin America is one of the largest telecom groups operating in the region. The company is also known for being among very active in...

4 Key Aspects of the Best Health Insurance Plans in India

Health insurance in India is undergoing a transformative phase and over the years it has evolved to encompass the needs and requirements of an individual to offer benefits that are in sync with the times to provide optimal coverage...

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 on May 5, 2021, the 60th anniversary of the first suborbital flight, that dream became a little bit more achievable. The space company Blue Origin announced...

Liga unveils plans for its future stadium, the most modern in Latin America

QCOSTARICA - La Liga Alajuelense presented the club's new stadium project to its partners, which will be located in front of the CAR in Turrúcares de Alajuela, adjacent to the Ruta 27. The new stadium will have a capacity of...

The highest category of air safety promotes renovation plans in national flag airlines

QCOSTARICA - Regaining the highest category of air safety on February 11 is good news for Costa Rica's flag airlines, such as Avianca Costa Rica and Volaris, which renewed their plans thanks to the possibilities offered by complying with...

MOPT plans to collect tolls on the Cañas-Liberia highway

QCOSTARICA - Driving the 50-kilometer concrete highway between Cañas-Liberia, inaugurated five years ago and already showing signs of deterioration, is now free of tolls. But that could change soon as the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) plans collect...

Biden administration braces for new wave of migrants as it rolls out new immigration plans

Q REPORTS - Hours after being sworn in as president, U.S. President Joe Biden reversed several Donald Trump immigration policies by executive action, marking a stark change in tone from the previous four years of anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions. The...

Iberia plans to add a fourth weekly flight to Costa Rica in December

QCOSTARICA - The Spanish airline Iberia plans to increase to four weekly flights to Costa Rica in December, as part of a general plan to recover services to Latin American countries. According to a company statement, for November it would...

Recope plans to sell super gasoline with 8% ethanol starting in June

After nine failed attempts, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (Recope) - the State gasoline distributor - will resume this year the idea of distributing super grade gasoline mixed with ethanol. The target is June. This is revealed by Recope's forecasts in...

Forever 21 Plans to File for Bankruptcy, WSJ Reports

Forever 21, the fast-fashion retailer, is preparing to file for bankruptcy as soon as Sunday, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Forever 21 is denying it, calling the WJO report “inaccurate” that Forever 21 planned to file for bankruptcy...

PriceSmart Confirms Plans For Liberia (Costa Rica) Store

PriceSmart announced that on July 31, 2019, it acquired approximately 21,000 square rmeters (227,000 square feet) of land in Liberia, Costa Rica, where it plans to open its 46th warehouse club, the eighth in Costa Rica. This club will be...

Claudia Dobles: ‘I have no other plans at this moment’

Costa Rica's Primera Dama (First lady), Claudia Dobles, says she is grateful to those who think she has the potential for a political career and aspire her to a presidential candidacy, but says she has no plans beyond the...

Keylor Navas to Dominate in Zidane’s First Team Plans

When Thibaut Courtois was pushing for his move from Chelsea to Real Madrid, Costa Rican Keylor Navas was determined to prove that he was better than the Belgian goalkeeper and keep his place. With Zinedine Zidane back in the...

Minister of Transport assures that his plans against Uber “are very solid”

The Minister of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), Rodolfo Méndez Mata, assures that his plans against Uber "are very solid". The closeup shows the MOPT minister considering "uninstalling" Uber.

Costa Rica plans to become the world’s first decarbonized country

Costa Rica launched "National Decarbonization Plan 2018-2050", a plan to make the country one of the first in the world to completely "decarbonize" by 2050. At an event in San José on Sunday, February 24, President Carlos Alvarado and former...

Carlos plans to travel through Latin America to advocate for Nicaragua and Venezuela

President Carlos Alvarado is considering to travel through Latin America to advocate for a solution to the socio-political crisis in Nicaragua and Venezuela. In the caricature by Crhoy.com, we see the prez with his suitcase packed with "soluciones para las...

‘Unscientific Fiction’: Moscow Denies Plans to Reopen Military Bases in Cuba

The Russian Foreign Ministry has dismissed as “unscientific fiction” media reports about Russian military bases allegedly returning to Cuba, Alexander Schetinin, the head of the ministry’s Latin American desk, told Russia's news portal, Sputniknews.com “We are not commenting on unscientific...

Costa Rica’s new Minister of Tourism reveals plans to increase sustainable tourism to the country

Maria Amalia Revelo, Costa Rica's new minister of tourism, has revealed her plans to increase tourism to Costa Rica over the next four years. With over 40 years of experience in the airline, tourism and hospitality industry, Revelo has an...

Santos: Venezuela’s Maduro plans to bring in Colombians to vote for him

BOGOTA (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist government has been giving Venezuelan identification cards to Colombians in order to transport them over the border to vote for him in Sunday’s presidential elections, the Colombian government said on Thursday. The diplomatic...

Presidential Candidates “Light” On Economic Plans

With only weeks to go for the second round of Costa Rica's presidential election on April 1, little has emerged on the economic plans of Fabricio Alvarado, the candidate of the Partido Restauración Nacional (PRN). His opponent Carlos Alvarado - no...

Costa Rica Plans For Sustainable EV Future

(FORBES) Up until now, plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) have been about as popular as snowshoes in Latin America due to the higher cost of the vehicles and lack of governmental focus on reducing transportation carbon emissions. However, in Costa Rica,...

Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo Plans $35 Million Resort Re-Imagination

GUANACASTE, Costa Rica----Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo, the only Forbes Five-Star luxury resort in Central and South America, announces a US$35 million dollar extensive re-imagination that will bring a striking new interpretation of modern eco-luxury and meaningful explorations...

United States Vice President Pence Plans Trip To Latin America

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced earlier this month that he will tour some Latin American cities throughout the month of August. The five stops will include Panama City, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Cartagena, and Bogotá. The stop scheduled...

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