Q COSTARICA — An elderly woman from San Carlos found herself needing to appeal to the Constitutional Court (Sala Constitucional or Sala IV as it is often referred to) to guarantee her right to timely health and medical care. The woman, whose identi...

Q COSTARICA — Most cybercrimes in Costa Rica fall into two categories: online fraud and identity theft, which together account for 84% of reported cases, according to a cybersecurity report prepared by the Cybersecurity Research, Development, and I...

Q COSTARICA — Global dependence on fossil fuels is intensifying the climate crisis and generating serious health effects, warned Christiana Figueres, former UN climate chief and key architect of the Paris Agreement, upon assuming the co-chairmanshi...

Q COSTARICA — On Saturday, Costa Rica received 25 foreign nationals and one Costa Rican citizen deported from the United States, as part of the memorandum of understanding signed between the two countries. The group is comprised of individuals from...

Q COSTARICA — The court file on the murder in Costa Rica of former Nicaraguan military officer Roberto Samcam Ruiz includes an element that elevates the scope of the case beyond an individual crime: testimonies pointing to the existence of a list o...

Q COSTARICA — The US dollar in Costa Rica keeps dropping to new lows, even with global tensions like the US-Iran conflict and rising inflation swirling around. This Monday, the official dollar exchange by the Banco Central (Central Bank) is ¢458.9...

Q COSTARICA — After nine days of reported missing, Costa Rica awoke Thursday morning to the news of the discovery of the body of 29-year-old Junieysis Adely Merlo Espinoza in a shallow grave at the Los Pericos condominium complex in Santa Ana. The ...

Q COSTARICA — The Board of Directors of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) on April 9, just one month before Laura Fernández’s government takes office, dismissed its General Manager, Harold Cordero. Cordero’s dismissal t...

RICO’s Q — I came across a post by Libertad Y Propiedad II on Facebook that caught my attention and felt it was worth sharing. The post takes aim at Rodrigo Chaves for pulling us into the conflict that Donald Trump started with Iran on Februa...

Q COSTARICA — As background, President Rodrigo Chaves acknowledged some decisions he made during his time in office, which he now regrets, just weeks before the end of his term. As he begins the final stretch of his four-year presidential term, Cha...