Costa Rica News

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:01:46 +0000
Costa Rica’s Debi Nova Nominated for a Latin Grammy
Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rican singer-songwriter Debi Nova has been nominated for a Latin Grammy for her album Todo puede convertirse en canción, adding another international recognition to her career. The nomination highlights the artist’s work on ...

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:18:30 +0000
Fernández calls Chaves’s mockery in Cartago a “mistake” but simultaneously justifies it
RICO’s Q — President Laura Fernández said this afternoon that she considered Rodrigo Chaves to have made a mistake by responding to a citizen with a taunting “Lero, Lero” (“nyah, nyah”) during the September 14th event...

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:08:05 +0000
Former President Rodrigo Chaves mocks Costa Ricans
RICO’s Q — Former President and Minister of Finance and the Presidency, Rodrigo Chaves, had a confrontation with several protesters on Monday night in Cartago during official events marking the 205th anniversary of Costa Rica’s independ...

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 23:59:45 +0000
All U.S. Citizens in Costa Rica Are Eligible To Vote in the Midterm Elections
Ballots for the midterm elections are scheduled to be emailed from Town Clerks and Voting officials all over the United States to U.S. citizens living outside of the United States, including Costa Rica. The procedures for voting and returning a ballo...

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:48:39 +0000
Marking 205 years of independence: “Let us through”shouted the people of Cartago!
Q COSTA RICA — On September 14, the country celebrated patriotic events, with Cartago serving as the focal point for the arrival of the “Antorcha de la Libertad” (Freedom Torch)—a tradition dating back 205 years. However, what was not...

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:35:26 +0000
Chaves mocks citizens at official Independence Day event in Cartago
RICO’s Q — Shameful. During an interaction with citizens protesting security restrictions—such as requiring identification to access public areas— at an official Independence Day event in Cartago, former president and Minister of the Pres...

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:51:52 +0000
Why 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...

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