Q COSTARICA — The national weather service, Instituto Meteorológico Nacional (IMN), forecasts that the El Niño phenomenon will maintain strong intensity during the coming months and will reach a very strong category between October of this year a...

Q COSTARICA — The Administrative Court has put a stop to the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS) — Costa Rican Social Security Fund, charging retroactive payments to self-employed workers (Trabajadores independientes in Spanish). The rulin...

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica’s president, Laura Fernández, didn’t remain silent too long, in the face of strong criticism for “praising” the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua The president responded, making...

Q COSTARICA — The school calendar defines the dates for vacations, family activities, and academic commitments. The Ministerio de Educación Pública (MEP)—Ministry of Public Education, has set the dates for the mid-year break in its 2026 calenda...

Q COSTARICA — Need a taxi from the Juan Santamaría (San José) International Airport (SJO)? Would you like the flexibility of a taxi, but with the convenient features of the Uber app? Nacion.com reports that Uber has confirmed the development of a...

Q COSTARICA — Five weeks after taking office, President Laura Fernández presented six bills to the Legislative Assembly aimed at curbing drug trafficking and organized crime. The presentation included a stage, ministers, government deputies, polic...

RICO’s Q!  — If you’ve spent any time in Costa Rica, chances are you’ve wandered into a Librería Lehmann (Lehmann Bookstore). And if you haven’t, you’ve probably caught yourself glancing at their big, inviting windows—whether in a...

Q COSTARICA — Barrio Escalante is celebrating Canadian gastronomy and culture with the Canadian Food Festival, an initiative organized by Distrito G and the Canadian Embassy in Costa Rica. The event that kicked off June 12 and runs to the 28th feat...

RICO’s Q — In a satirical article, Luis Paulino Vargas Solís reported on social media an “Important notice: Exclusive Nicaragua trip for Chavista supporters.” Luis Paulino writes: “Given the close, warm, affectionate, and i...

Q COSTARICA — Former president Carlos Alvarado (2018-2022) has decided to take a position clearly contrary to that of our President Laura Fernández, who stated that Nicaragua has the government they themselves elected. Alvarado, on the contrary, ...