QCOSTARICA – The United States Department of State lowered the travel alert for Costa Rica to the category it had prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The categorization issued by the United States government is related to the level of insecurity th...

QCOSTARICA – President-elect, Rodrigo Chaves, formally announced on Friday, during a televised press conference, the first members of his cabinet, who will take office on May 8. Of the more than 8,000 resumes received by the incoming government...

QCOSTARICA – Joselyn Chacón, who will be the Minister of Health as of May 8, announced within minutes of being officially named to the position by president-elect Rodrigo Chaves, that the mandatory use of masks in closed spaces will be maintai...

QCOSTARICA – The mandatory use of the four-digit PIN (personal identification number) for the authentication of purchases with credit or debit cards will gradually come into force in Costa Rica starting May 1. As of this date, making a purchase...

Rico’s COVID Digest – Travelers arriving at Panama’s Tocumen international airport (PTY), which also serves as a regional hub, “must wear a mask,” the government of Laurentino Cortizo said Wednesday. Panama’s Minis...

QCOSTARICA – President Carlos Alvarado, in a recorded video on national television on Thursday, reacted to the cyberattack faced by state systems and assured that it is an attempt to destabilize the country in the transition to the new governme...

QCOSTARICA – As of April 20 of this year, there were 166 people killed in crashes, rollovers and hit-and-runs, the equivalent of one fatality every 16 hours, according to the Policia de Transito (Traffic Police). The figures are alarming if one...

QCOSTARICA – The increase in fuel prices could lead bus companies to cut the number of trips and hours, and in some cases suspend services. Silvia Bolaños, the vice president of the Cámara Nacional de Transportes (Canatrans) – National...

Q24N TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a ke...

QCOSTARICA – Two tremors registering 4.5 and 5.2 in magnitude, 34 minutes apart, were perceived Wednesday afternoon in some cantons of the southern zone. The first tremor occurred at 4:52 pm and the second was at 5:26 pm according to the report...