Today, Tuesday, June 29, only plates ending in ODDS (1,3,5,7,9) can circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. Alternating odds and evens will be in place until July 1...

QCOSTARICA – The Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, in north-western Costa Rica, about 23 km from Liberia, in the province of Guanacaste, this Monday morning erupted with a column that rose at least 1,500 meters above the height of the crater. Accord...

QCOSTARICA – Almost fourteen days after their arrest, the owners of MECO and H Solís, Carlos Cerdas Araya and Mélida Solís Vargas, got their day in court in the “caso cochinilla” and ordered by a judge to post bond for their cond...

QCOSTARICA – On June 11, the Ministry of Health (Ministerio de Salud) enabled the COVID-19 contact notification system developed by Google and Apple, “Mascarilla Digital” (Digital Mask). Digital Mask, which went into action on June ...

Today, Monday, June 28, only plates ending in EVENS (0,2,4,6,8) can circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. Alternating odds and evens will be in place until July 1...

Today, Sunday, June 27, only plates ending in ODDS (1,3,5,7,9) can circulate. The measure is countrywide and applied between 5:00 am and 9:00 pm, save for those under the well-known exemption. Alternating odds and evens will be in place until July 11...

QCOSTARICA – The head of Nursing at Hospital México, Silvia Beirute, said it last month when she recounted the ordeal of witnessing the death of young people from causes related to covid-19. “There are a lot of young people fighting. Those w...

QCOSTARICA – The latest victim in the “caso cochinilla” is Costa Rica’s Attorney General (Fiscal General), Emilia María Navas Aparicio, 56, who on Friday gave her 60 days notice, leaving office on August 25, although in pract...

QCOSTARICA – Two women who, apparently, were leading a group dedicated to falsifying documents for foreigners were arrested by the immigration police this Thursday in Alajuela. According to authorities, in September 2020 an investigation was op...

RICO’s DIGEST – I am proud to announce the Q’s own Michael Miller just published his new novel titled Tribune Man, an adventure set in Oakland, California before, during, and after the catastrophic Oakland Hills Fire of 1991. The st...