Costa Rica News

Fri, 22 May 2026 14:48:21 +0000
Expansion of San Jose Airport sidelines the planned Orotina airport
Q COSTARICA — The expansion of Juan Santamaría (San José) International Airport has, for now, shelved the project for a passenger terminal in Orotina, as formally proposed during the administration of former President Luis Guillermo Solís (2014-...

Fri, 22 May 2026 14:32:10 +0000
Accusation against Raúl Castro reignites calls for justice in the murder of American Eddy Montes in Nicaragua
Q24N — The indictment filed by the Trump administration against Raúl Castro for the murder of U.S. citizens during the downing of two Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996 could have direct implications for the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario ...

Fri, 22 May 2026 13:10:17 +0000
The Impressive scale of the Ortega and Murillo Family
Q24N — Nicaragua’s co-dictator Rosario Murillo announced the birth of her 31st grandchild, the son of Camila Ortega Murillo, as “great news”. The family is characterized by establishing a kind of modern sultanate in which its chil...

Fri, 22 May 2026 12:57:51 +0000
ICE affirms that Costa Rica does not and did not plan to buy energy from Panama
Q COSTARICA — The state-owned Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) affirmed Thursday that Costa Rica has no plans to purchase energy from Panama and that it has sufficient resources to meet demand. “Costa Rica does not have firm ener...

Fri, 22 May 2026 12:45:22 +0000
Panama suspends electricity sales to Costa Rica after criticism from Laura Fernández
Q COSTARICA — Hours after President Laura Fernández indicated she would activate “all mechanisms at her disposal” to eliminate the trade embargo Panama has imposed on several Costa Rican products since 2019, Panamanian President José Raúl Mu...

Fri, 22 May 2026 11:43:38 +0000
San Jose Airport inaugurates new arrivals area with greater capacity and efficiency
Q COSTARICA — Juan Santamaría (San José) International Airport has opened a new arrivals area in the International Terminal as part of its modernization process in Costa Rica. The infrastructure incorporates improvements in layout, expanded space...

Fri, 22 May 2026 11:26:07 +0000
Raúl Castro, the last great symbol of the Cuban Revolution
Q24N — With the indictment of Raúl Castro, the United States has set its sights on the most influential figure of the Cuban regime in recent decades. The former revolutionary fighter, Minister of the Armed Forces for nearly half a century, success...

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:11:41 +0000
The drug plane in Chinandega that uncovered a Nicaraguan money laundering network in Costa Rica
Q COSTARICA — With the arrest of 47-year-old Francisco Javier Alfaro Flores, the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ)—Judicial Investigation Agency—concluded a nearly decade-long investigation into an alleged money laundering network link...

Thu, 21 May 2026 14:53:32 +0000
Jet Blue will suspend its direct route to a US destination starting in July
Q COSTARICA — Travel between Orlando, Florida and Costa Rica , here’s something important to know. After Spirit Airlines shut down its operations earlier this month, JetBlue has now announced it will stop nonstop flights between Costa Rica and Or...

Thu, 21 May 2026 13:47:55 +0000
Fernández: Attorney General is “a national disgrace”
RICO’s Q — President Laura Fernández has had a busy week, diving straight into a series of meetings starting Monday with members of the Legislative Assembly and key figures from the judicial branches, including the Courts and the Fiscalía. ...

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