Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rican authorities identified seven women as possible victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation during a raid on a bar and restaurant in Sámara, Guanacaste, officials reported. The operation took place on the night o...

Q COSTA RICA — An officer from the Unidad Especial de Apoyo (UEA—Special Support Unit—an elite police unit that belongs to the Directorate of Specialized Units of the Fuerza Pública (National Police) was detained after being found with a cell ...

The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) arrested early this Friday morning, following a raid in San Miguel de Desamparados, a woman as part of an investigation into the homicide of a 74-year-old American man in Playas del Coco, Guanacaste. The...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s government is seeking to shift public attention away from unanswered questions about the apparent proximity of businessman Guobin Tam Zhang to senior figures in the ruling party, the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO). Tam...

Q COSTA RICA — Legislator Antonio Trejos Mazariegos has filed a criminal complaint against President Laura Fernández and former President Rodrigo Chaves over the appointment of Pablo Esteban Martínez Bertozzi as director of the country’s intell...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica is debating legislation that would prohibit minors under 15 from creating and maintaining accounts on certain social media platforms, intensifying a regional debate over how governments should protect minors online. The pr...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s geology places a natural limit on the size of earthquakes the country can generate, according to seismologist Marino Protti of the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Ovsicori)—Costa Rican Volca...

Professional boxer Ziggy Myrie Samudio has secured a new sponsorship agreement with Peptides Costa Rica, marking another development in his growing career and bringing additional private-sector attention to Costa Rica’s boxing community. The ag...

RICO’s Q — Costa Rican President Laura Fernández said her government will examine El Salvador’s proposal to grant conditional early release to some prisoners linked to criminal gangs, while stopping short of criticizing President Nayib Buk...

Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s economy continues to grow, but at a significantly slower pace than that recorded a year ago. The Monthly Economic Activity Index (IMAE) showed a year-on-year change of 2.2% in August 2026—a slowdown of 3.4 percentage...