Costa Rica declared five buildings as historical and architectural heritage, at the end of 2020. These buildings are in four cantons. The intention behind the declaration is to keep them…
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Spanish Flu Vs COVID 19 in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2021/01/18Exactly 100 years ago, Costa Rica was also fighting a pandemic. Meetings were prohibited and the school year suspended. At that time, it was the Spanish flu causing all the…
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Costa Rica Celebrations of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas Cancelled due to COVID 19
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2021/01/15Police had to intervene to bring order back to Santa Cruz. While the celebrations of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas typically draw 200,000 people, this year they’ve been canceled due to…
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Gordon Ramsay Enjoys His Costa Rican Food
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2021/01/13Gordon Ramsay is in Costa Rica and has visited at least one restaurant. It was Soda Mirna in Puerto Viejo. He was wearing a cap and almost unrecognizable but when…
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Costa Rica Requiring Anyone Arriving by Plane to Have Negative COVID Test
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2021/01/13The United States will require, as of January 26, a negative covid-19 test for travelers arriving to the country by plane. The test is to be carried out three days…
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Audit of Costa Rica Clinic That Paid People for Work Already Completed
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2021/01/10The Marcial Fallas Clinic serves more patients than many regional and peripheral hospitals do. This Centro de Atención Integral en Salud (CAIS) had a waiting list of 23,300 people in…
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Doctor Suspected of Murdering Wife After She Asked for Divorce in Costa Rica
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2021/01/10A doctor suspected of murdering his wife after she asked for a divorce is behind bars but his lawyers are asking the judge to release him. He’s been in preventive…
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Costa Rica Looking to Strengthen Trade with USA, Japan, China, & Russia in 2021
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2020/12/30Exportation from Costa Rica, and most countries, took a huge hit in 2020 due to the pandemic. Procomer is thinking ahead to 2021 and making plans to strengthen trade, especially…