Q COSTA RICA — The historical debate within CONCACAF (Confederación de Norteamérica, Centroamérica y el Caribe de Fútbol) has been reignited. Following the United States’ 4-1 elimination by Belgium on Monday, July 6, comparisons regarding...

Q COSTA RICA — The Ministry of Public Education (MEP) of Costa Rica issued a mandatory circular introducing a series of guidelines on political and electoral neutrality for teaching and administrative staff in state schools and colleges. The docume...

Q COSTA RICA — Not long ago, payphones were a common sight on the streets of Costa Rica, a vital link for millions who didn’t have access to personal telephones. Before cellular phones, these public communication stands and sometimes booths offer...

Q COSTA RICA — The President of Costa Rica, Laura Fernández, has suggested that elementary and high-school students visit the maximum-security prison being built by the government in Alajuela, in the La Reforma prison complex. The proposal has met...

Q COSTA RICA — Due to reduced traffic during the mid-term school break in San José and increased volume on the road to the beaches and mountains, the traffic police announced the suspension of the vehicle restriction for the entire holiday period....

Q COSTA RICA — The Juan Santamaría (San José) International Airport (SJO) has implemented SJO Fast Track, a new priority access service that expedites passenger transit in international departures and arrivals. The initiative began operating on J...

Q COSTA RICA — A man with ties to Hamas will remain in custody in Costa Rica, awaiting extradition, after the Constitutional Chamber, known commonly in Costa Rica as Sala IV, on Friday rejected a petition for habeas corpus filed on his behalf and u...

Q COSTA RICA — The increase in measles cases in various countries across the Americas has led Costa Rica’s Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health) to issue a preventative alert for people planning to travel abroad in the coming weeks. The Mi...

Q COSTA RICA — The Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INAMU) — Costa Rica’s National Institute for Women – has raised the alarm, reporting that the World Cup finals have coincided with periods of high domestic violence reports in the ...

Q COSTA RICA — The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, expressed her deep and heartfelt gratitude to the national and international rescue teams, with special emphasis on the Costa Rican Red Cross delegation, following the successful r...