Q COSTA RICA — The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica addressed a series of social media posts claiming that the State Department had revoked the visas of currently serving Costa Rican officials. The diplomatic mission dismissed these claims as “fals...

Q COSTA RICA — Although more than 90% of Costa Rican households recognize the importance of cultivating a savings culture, only half manage to save money consistently. This is according to research by the Financial Consumer Office (OCF), which high...

Q COSTA RICA — Foreigners can legally own and operate businesses in Costa Rica, even if they do not hold residency or citizenship. The country generally allows overseas entrepreneurs to establish companies, own corporate shares, purchase commercial...

Q COSTA RICA — As the number of Costa Ricans forced to leave the country grows each year, activists and media figures in exile hold former President Rodrigo Chaves and his political movement responsible for the violence plaguing the country. Accord...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica transferred 45 tons of seized drugs to the United States for destruction in an operation coordinated by the Ministerio Público (Public Prosecutor’s Office) and the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ), with th...

Q COSTA RICA — Two women were arrested on Tuesday, suspected of defrauding individuals interested in learning to drive and obtaining a license by selling driving courses promoted on social media. Agents from the Specialized Section against Scams an...

RICO’s Q — “I don’t have proof, but I have no doubts either.” With that admission, former Costa Rican union leader and legislator Óscar Campos released a video addressed to Attorney General Carlo Díaz, publicly urging the Attorney Gen...

Q COSTA RICA — Weeks before the abrupt dismissal of Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar, the then-minister had already distanced himself from the Minister of the Presidency and Finance, Rodrigo Chaves. This became evident in an interview Tovar gave to El...

Q COSTA RICA — Former Costa Rican foreign minister Manuel Tovar posted the biblical verse “Conocerán la verdad, y la verdad los hará libres” (You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free) on X several days after President Laura Fe...

RICO’s Q —There has been much talk this past week about the dismissal of Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar. The big question on many people’s minds is: what was the real reason for his firing? No one buys the lie that he was dismissed becau...