Q COSTARICA — The Juzgado Especializado de Cobro del Segundo Circuito Judicial de Goicoechea (Specialized Collection Court of the Second Judicial Circuit of Goicoechea) ordered the seizure of the allowances received by legislator José Miguel Villa...

Q COSTARICA — Police authorities arrested a Palestinian man on Monday morning, Jun 22, in Desamparados de Alajuela, who is believed to have ties to Hamas, an organization considered a terrorist by Israel, the United States, the European Union, and ...

Q COSTARICA — A day after President Laura Fernández announced the arrest on Costa Rican soil of a man linked to the Hamas terrorist group, Foreign Minister Manuel Tovar denounced concerning developments in Nicaragua before the General Assembly of ...

Q COSTA RICA — The U.S. State Department declined to endorse recent statements by President Laura Fernández, who asserted that Nicaraguans have “the form of government they have chosen,” and instead reiterated its view that the regime ...

Q COSTARICA — The mayor of Garabito, Francisco González, the canton that includes the beach town of Playa Jacó, has proposed creating a designated “permissive” area where prostitution would be tolerated and where, in the future, regul...

When you take a closer look at Costa Rica’s President Laura Fernández—her style, her moves— it’s hard not to wonder, is it all a show, a charade if you will, or is she the real deal? Since Fernández took office on May 8, Costa Rica’s poli...

Q COSTARICA — A total of seven police chiefs failed the polygraph (lie detector test), President Laura Fernández confirmed, and were subsequently removed from their posts. “Additionally, I have ordered a preliminary investigation, which will...

RICO’s Q — In my follow-up article, “President Fernámdez owes an apology for misleading us,” I give you another example of how Rodrigo Chaves and Laura Fernández keep on deceiving some people. The former president and now curren...

Q COSTARICA — Claudia Dobles, former First Lady and legislator from the Agenda Ciudadana (Citizen Agenda) party, called for the dismissal of Rodrigo Chaves as head of the Ministry of the Presidency due to the insecurity plaguing Crucitas. In contro...

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica closed May 2026 with a new all-time record for air arrivals, receiving 1,390,842 international tourists, a 9.4% increase compared to the previous year, according to data from the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT)—C...