Q Costa Rica Archive

60 Central America Migrants Found in Freezing Truck in Texas

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discovered 60 migrants from Central America packed into a frozen food truck at a …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

How Orange Peels Revived a Costa Rican Forest

  A research team led by Princeton University surveyed a 3-hectare area that had been covered in orange peels in …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Why a Marxist Regime Precludes the Good Life

Totalitarian states such as North Korea or Cuba create a social framework in which our choices of actions are constrained, …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Panamanian Governma Announces Visa Requirement for Venezuelans

The thousands of Venezuelans that have arrived to Panama in recent days has led officials to implement new measures ensuring …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Criticizing Nicolás Maduro’s regime may soon become a crime in Venezuela

Rodríguez also said that the Constitutional Commission created by the Constituent Assembly, which will try the alleged perpetrators of “political …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Costa Rica’s Dancing With The Stars Pairs Former US Ambassador And Salsa Champion

Former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, Fitz Haney has been paired up with Lucia Jimenez for the fourth edition of …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Costa Rica With An Average Of 2 Homicides Per Day In The Past 34 Days

The majority of the homicides are related to drug trafficking; in the past 34 days three multiple murders resulted in …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Driver Found With An AK-47, 9mm Guns, Ammunition and Wads of Cash In Car in Cuidad Colon

Fuerza Publica officers of the GAO (in helmets) specialized police unit safeguard the scene, while a police dogs sniffs for …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

One At A Time Please!

One at a time please. This occurred on Monday in Cartago. Photo by Ruta Alterna ... continue reading article at …

Wednesday 23 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Removing Statues of Violent Bigots? Start with Che

Rosario is Argentina’s second oldest city. Located by the Paraná river, it is the home of hard-working people, a busy …

Tuesday 22 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Floods and disappearances after rains in Panama

Rainfall in Panama has caused flooding in several residential areasCortesía Mercado y Tendencias In sectors such as La Gallinaza and …

Tuesday 22 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Costa Rica’s Agroexports Keep Slight Advantage Over Medical Devices

QCR BUSINESS – The value of exports from the agricultural sector remains slightly as the main generator of foreign exchange …

Tuesday 22 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Why Savvy Fliers Fly To The Canadian North To Go To Europe or Asia

Q TRAVEL – One of the best ways and at times more economical to go east to Europe or west …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

The Solar Eclipse 2017 From Costa Rica

Some 300 people gathered at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) planetarium to spectacular coast-to-coast partial eclipse (20%) in Costa Rica …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

OIJ Presumes Body Found In River Is Brother of Murdered Model

The body of a young male found this Sunday in Esparza is believed to be related to the murder of …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Travelling to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

History of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is apart of Luzerne County and …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Landslide Causes Problems On The Ruta 2, Inter American Highway South

The latest. For the time being (at the time of this post) one lane is open to traffic. But that …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Higher Dollar and Interest Rates Slowed Consumer Spending

Economists and business are expecting a pickup in consumer consumption by the end of the year, when payment of the …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Cloudy Skies and Rain May Cloud Costa Rica View Of Eclipse

While million across the U.S. and the world are in the path of totality for today’s solar eclipse, in Costa …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Costa Rica’s ICE Accelerates LTE Rollout

Costa Rica’s State power and telecommunications company, the The Instituto Costarricence de Electricidad (ICE), announced an acceleration of its 4G-LTE …

Monday 21 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/

Do The Math, How Long Does It Take To Get Your Confiscated License Plates Back?

TICO BULL – Do the math. With more than 6,000 license plates – the majority in San Jose – confiscated …

Sunday 20 August 2017/ Q Costa Rica/