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Liberty Reserve was a Costa Rica-based centralized digital currency service that billed itself as the "oldest, safest and most popular payment processor, serving millions all around a world". [1] The site had over one million users when it was shut down by the United States government.
Beginning on the night (UTC-6:00) of April 17, 2022, a ransomware attack began against nearly 30 institutions of the government of Costa Rica, including its Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), the National Meteorological Institute, state internet service provider RACSA, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (Caja Costarricense de ...
The Costa Rican government refused his attempt to return during 1978, while Rodrigo Carazo was President. During 1982 Vesco tried again to return to Costa Rica, but President Luis A. Monge denied his entry. [11] He lived in Nicaragua for a while, while the Sandinista government was in power. Each of these countries accepted him, hoping that his ...
More than 656 people have been killed so far in Costa Rica's deadliest year on record, official homicide data showed on Friday, though the government expects this figure to soar past 900 by the ...
An intense derecho -- a rapidly-moving thunderstorm complex that produces widespread wind damage -- cut power to nearly 1 million households and caused 11 deaths in the Canadian provinces of ...
Digital services. Communication. Loan offering "met my needs" When a representative is involved in the loan application process, overall satisfaction rises 40 points, the study said.
The Banco de la Union issued notes between 1877 and 1889 for 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 pesos. The Ferro Carril de Costa Rica (Costa Rican railways) issued notes in 1872 for 10, 25 and 50 centavos, 1, 2 and 5 pesos. In 1865, the government introduced paper money in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 pesos. 2 peso notes were added in 1871.
The June 2012 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest derecho was one of the deadliest and most destructive fast-moving severe thunderstorm complexes in North American history. The progressive derecho tracked across a large section of the Midwestern United States and across the central Appalachians into the mid-Atlantic states on the afternoon and evening of ...