Costa Rica News
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:51:52 +0000Why Panama and Belize Do Not Celebrate Central America’s September 15 Independence Day
Q COSTA RICA — While Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua celebrate their independence from Spain on September 15, 1821. Panama does not. Panama sits at the southern edge of Central America, but when the region marks its inde...
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:37:09 +0000
Laura Fernández reduces budget cuts to the Judiciary. “I won’t be their scapegoat”!
Q COSTA RICA — President Laura Fernández announced on Sunday that the planned budget cut for the Judiciary for 2027 will be ¢11 billion, rather than the ¢27 billion initially reported by the Ministry of Finance. During her Sunday national broadc...
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:19:26 +0000
Limón could become the country’s first artificial intelligence data center
Q COSTA RICA — Limón could become the site of the Quantum AI Free Zone Campus, a data center complex, the country’s first data center specifically designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and hyperscale computing. The campus will be built o...
Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:03:24 +0000
Gas prices to surge in October!
Q COSTA RICA — Fuel prices will see a significant increase in October, the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE)—the Costa Rican refinery that refines nothing—announced on Saturday. This will be a significant hike in gasoline prices tw...
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:19:57 +0000
Costa Rica initiates firing of 36 officials accused of faking remote work
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s Ministry of Finance has launched an administrative process that could result in the dismissal of 36 officials accused of using software to create the appearance of performing their duties while working from home. T...
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:06:12 +0000
84% of Costa Ricans perceive that Rodrigo Chaves influences the government, but President Laura Fernández denies it
Q COSTA RICA — A large majority of Costa Ricans believe that former President and current super Minister, Rodrigo Chaves, maintains significant influence over the decisions made by President Laura Fernández during her first 100 days in office, acc...
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:49:49 +0000
A complete shutdown of Western Union in Costa Rica?
Q COSTA RICA — On Thursday, we learned that Western Union plans to move some of its operations from Costa Rica to Guatemala, Lithuania, and the Philippines. An employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the main reason for the relocation wa...
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:18:29 +0000
“They bought him off”: Rodrigo Chaves adds Miguel Ángel Rodríguez to “his hit list”
Q COSTA RICA — Former president and current government spokesperson Rodrigo Chaves added a new name on Wednesday to the long list of political figures he has criticized or accused of wrongdoing after they expressed positions contrary to the governm...
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:02:28 +0000
Laura Fernández: “I’m not going to artificially manipulate the exchange rate”
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rican President Laura Fernández dismissed any possibility of the government stepping in to artificially control the dollar’s exchange rate, despite concerns expressed by export-related industries, tourism, free trade zones, ...
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:31:37 +0000
Who’s really in charge? Poll reveals how much influence Chaves has over Laura Fernández
Q COSTA RICA — The most recent CIEP-UCR survey released on September 9, 2026, measured how Costa Ricans perceive the power dynamic between President Laura Fernández and her predecessor, Rodrigo Chaves. The perception that Rodrigo Chaves maintains ...