Granizado, an icy beverage that varies regionally. In Costa Rica, it consists of shaved ice topped with flavored sugar syrup and “pinito” (powdered milk). Granizado is the Costa Rican version of a slushee or Slurpee style beverage, a snow...

QCOSTARICA – The sanitary vehicle restrictions for Semana Santa (Easter Week) that unofficially began this Friday afternoon and continues to Sunday, April 4, continue the same as for March. To recap, The countrywide restrictions from 11:00 pm t...

While Semana Santa (Easter Week) is vacation time in Costa Rica, this year more so, given the strictest of restrictions last year, but the country’s lawmakers, who are expected to set an example, did just the opposite. The Legislative Assembly ...

QCOSTARICA – Former president Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998 – 2002), asked President Carlos Alvarado to lead a call for Central American leaders to visit Joe Biden in Washington, in order to establish bilateral agreements through a ̶...

The Slave trade contributed a lot to the settlement of the black population in Cost Rica. Being a Spanish colony, blacks were important in providing labor to the colony’s farms, households, and livestock. After Costa Rica gained independence, the b...

Arguably, Alessandro Florenzi might be a tad biased, but when it comes to determining who the world’s best goalkeeper is, the Italian international is emphatic about who’s No. 1. He’s certain that it’s his Paris Saint-Germain club mate and Co...

When thinking of working remotely, you often imagine people sitting in their pajamas, lavishly draped over their sofas with a hot mug of coffee and a laptop open in front of them, taking things at a leisurely pace while also watching their favorite N...

QCOSTARICA – Deaths associated to covid-19 displaced heart attacks in 2020, as the leading cause of death in Costa Rica. According to data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) – National Institute of Statistics and ...

QCOSTARICA – The Unión Nacional de Gobiernos Locales (UNGL) – National Union of Local Governments – reported this Thursday the municipalities that will or will not apply the “ley seca” (dry law) for Seman Santa. The mun...

QCOSTARICA – The risk rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) confirmed Wednesday, March 25, its long-term sovereign ratings in local and foreign currency of ‘B’ for Costa Rica, but made it clear that it could lower it if ...