RICO’s Q — Former President Rodrigo Chaves had “a slip of the tongue” during a meeting held Tuesday morning at the Casa Presidencial with Frente Amplio faction leader, legislator José María Villalta. Chaves participated in the meeting b...

Q COSTARICA — The path was outlined by Rodrigo Chaves when he was still president: they took Zapote (Casa Presidencial), they took the Legislative Assembly, and now they will try to find the votes to seize the last bastion of resistance: the Judici...

Q COSTARICA — Aware that insecurity is the primary concern of Costa Ricans, President Laura Fernández announced that she will personally oversee weekly monitoring of actions against crime and homicides throughout her four-year term. Fernández amb...

Q COSTARICA — The German airline, Lufthansa, has confirmed an increase in flight frequencies between Frankfurt and San José for the 2026-2027 tourist season. The airline will increase its service from three to five weekly flights, beginning Octobe...

Q COSTARICA — In Costa Rica, police “pasadas”—checks—are a different concept from a criminal case. They do not necessarily equate to a criminal record; the Fiscalia (Public Prosecutor’s Office) clarified that, within the polic...

Q24N — Shakira obtained a favorable ruling from Spain’s National Court in her latest case against the Spanish Tax Agency. The ruling concluded that the artist did not reside in Spain for 183 days during 2011, a requirement used by the tax aut...

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica and Panama have been embroiled in a tariff and phytosanitary dispute since 2019, centered on Panama’s blockade of imports of Costa Rican agricultural products, primarily dairy and meat. This disagreement escalated las...

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica’s economic growth is not necessarily reflected in household income or consumption. While the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 4.7% at the end of 2025, a trend that continued in the first quarter of 2026, with a ra...

Q COSTARICA — “A prison is not a hotel,”  the Minister of Justice, Gabriel Aguilar, told inmates in the high-security wing of the Centro de Atención Institucional (CAI) Terrazas of the La Reforma prison, who continued a hunger strike on Monda...

RICO’s Q — It’s been a few days since I received the following message on my cellular phone. Mine was from the Dirección General de la Policía de Transito (traffic police). Several friends received, on the same Friday, a similar messa...