RICO’s Q — Think about this for a moment. When a country’s president feels the need to go on international media to insist they’re not trying to create a dictatorship, it’s a clear warning sign. Every leader who’s made that ki...

Q COSTA RICA — To prevent drug traffickers from using illicit funds to hire legal defense lawyers, Frente Amplio (FA) party legislator Antonio Trejos Mazariegos introduced a bill requiring proof that the funds used to cover legal fees are legal. In...

Q COSTA RICA — After several months of analysis, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) — State power and telecom utility — decided to demolish the iconic Jorge Manuel Dengo Obregón building, located in La Sabana Norte. In its place...

Q COSTA RICA — Monday, August 31, is a holiday in Costa Rica, celebrating “Día de la Persona Negra y la Cultura Afrocostarricense” (Black People’s Day and Afro-Costa Rican Culture). The holiday is non-obligatory, so every worker ...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rican President Laura Fernández ordered a reinforcement of the police deployment in Cartago in response to the escalating violence plaguing the province, which has recorded 51 homicides. She also reiterated her strong criticis...

Q COSTA RICA — Drug trafficking groups in Costa Rica provide logistical services to major Mexican and Colombian cartels without any apparent loyalty, explained Michael Soto, interim director of the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ). Soto e...

Q COSTA RICA — The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it was temporarily suspending all immigration visa appointments to conduct further training for embassy and consulate staff. The suspension does not apply to visas issued for tourism, study, b...

RICO’s Q — Amid the conflicts and insults that unfold every Wednesday in the spectacle known as the weekly press conference, staged by Rodrigo Chaves and Laura, they’re hiding several draft bills. The head of the Chavista deputies, Nogu...

Q COSTA RICA — The article “La ley omnibus de Chaves: el poder que no cambió de manos” published by Radio Zurquí examines the omnibus law initiative promoted during Rodrigo Chaves’s first government, identified as bill 24.719. T...

Q24N — The U.S. dollar keeps slipping against the Colombian peso, hitting lows on Monday not seen since October 2018. Early trading saw the dollar drop to 3,028 Colombian pesos, underscoring the peso’s strong rise and hinting that the dollar migh...